VECTORMEN

AKA “Rat Cat Monkey Griffin Cryptid”, “Elevated Mind Peers,” “The Land-Crushing Robot Whose Heart Broke That Day,” “The Metaphors Come Tumbling Down,” “The Narcissism of Small Differences,” “A Democratic Unified Nation of Racists”—Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)Music by Lee BradyListen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)—Segments: (00:25) — Lawrence plays The Last Guardian(02:45) — Is this good? / Animal Lovers Delight In Trico(10:05) — Really, the boy is the problem(12:30) — Spoiler-Free Story Time / The Death by Newbery Medal problem (and a brief diatribe in how Ghost of Tsushima got around it)(23:37) — The Last Guardian's Technical / Length issues(30:57) — It's called what in Japanese??(33:54) — Lawrence's obligatory platinum trophy-unlocking braggardry cubbyhole(38:36) — It's a little too easy to sound negative about games like this, so to be clear, The Last Guardian is cool(41:59) — Lee plays Metaphor ReFantazio(48:27) — Expectations vs Reality(53:18) — “Metaphor is the Earthboundification of Persona”(01:01:36) — Metaphor's story (spoiler-free) in a nutshell (and a brief aside about Neil Druckmann)(01:10:11) — A long way of saying that it's harder to get attached to fantasy characters(01:30:21) — Final Thoughts: Lee stands with the racists of Metaphor ReFantazio(01:35:20) — Don't be beta men; BE VECTORMEN—Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.comTwitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive

AKA “[Derogatory]”, “Nihilism All The Way Down,” “Not Even Worth The Bullet”—Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)Music by Lee BradyListen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)—Segments: (00:00) — Lee explores virtual reality with Meta's Horizon Worlds(08:05) — Follow-Up (Improved Mic; Team Bondi; Yakuza 2's plot relevance; X-Men's all Too Human Destiny)(14:07) — Lawrence does some Spring Cleaning 2025(15:04) — Spring Cleaning Game #1: Shovel Knight Treasure Trove(27:21) — Spring Cleaning Game #2: Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition(29:23) — Spring Cleaning Game #3: 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim(36:37) — Lee and Lawrence both play the original Armored Core(37:23) — Super Robot vs Real Robot(39:13) — Conceptual Origin Point of Hidetaka Miyazaki?(41:09) — Going into AC blind(57:38) — Does it hold up? Lee says yes, Lawrence says sort of(1:01:35) — Customization and a terrible final gauntlet—LinksGamesIndustry.biz / Digital Foundry article confirming that LA Noire was actually filmed in LA, not AustraliaBusinessWire: Rockstar Australia formed out of Video Games Deluxe, Brendan McNamara's follow-up studio to Team BondiLee's Vectormen-Themed Armored Core mech—Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.comTwitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive

AKA “All Kinds of Threatening and Uncomfortable”; “Korean Nonsense Aside”, “Second-Hand Embarrassment Simulator”,  “It's Great If You Like It”, “A Hard Sell”, “Magic Words, Funny Man”, “Find Work in the Gutter, Swine”—Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)Music by Lee BradyListen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)—Segments: (00:00) — An exercise in dating your episode without the news(00:53) — Lawrence plays “Christmas” game Yakuza 2(07:10) — Let's Talk About Kaoru(10:51) — Koreans Nonsense(14:24) — Jumping the Tiger-Infested Golden Osaka Castle(20:57) — Yakuza's Dilemma: Learn Mahjong or Stab a Guy(28:00) — Lawrence experiences GAME TOURISM(36:18) — The Final Sequence / Preparing for a Summer Game(48:11) — Lee Plays Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 1 & 2(57:49) — The genius of Soul Reaver 1's design(01:07:54) — …and some problems(01:11:19) — Raziel, video game's greatest ponce / What a world(01:19:05) — Soul Reaver 2 is an exercise in refinement (for better and worse)(01:23:22) — Too busy enjoying this movie to hate this combat(01:28:37) — Endings and Hennigs(01:28:37) — Balatro Suckers from the EA Mines—Links—Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.comTwitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive

AKA “Millennial Coded”; “The Transgender Speedrunning Microgenre”; “Permit a Blemish”; “We Must Imagine Sisyphus is Happy”; “Hang Out with the Ghost of PlayStation”; “A Lick of Racism”, “Whip out a Hemingway”—Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)Music by Lee BradyListen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)—Segments:  (00:00) — 2025 and why (00:53) — The best kind of news (02:53) — Lawrence plays Celeste, progenitor of the Transgender Speedrunning Microgenre (other examples to follow) (18:48) — “Do I like Precision Platformers?” (30:21) — Lee's 2024 GOTY runner-ups and dismissals (36.50) — GOTY #3: Sonic x Shadow Generations (52.00) — GOTY #2: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (01:11.55) — GOTY #1: LA Noire (01:20.10) — The Roy Earle Dickensian Canon—LinksLee's Astro Bot review Lee's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth review—Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.comTwitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive

AKA Artistic Nudity — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments:   (00:00) — Sorry, we're cutting news; this is all you get (00:40) — Lawrence plays Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (29:42) — Vectora Tomorrow — Links — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive

AKA “Do It Again, But Better,” “How He Seethes,” “Into The Nexus,” Rock and Stone, Etc, Etc…” “A Real Pride Month Humble Bundle Vibe,” “Load Up Your Spikes” — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Sonic CD Japanese soundtrack excerpt by Naofumi Hataya and Masafumi Ogata // SEGA Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments:   (00:00) — Guess That Metacritic Score! (02:25) — Game #1: SteamWorld Build (06:53) — Game #2: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (10:16) — Game #3: Calico (15:25) — Game #4: Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion (18:29) — Game #5: Bluey The Videogame (21:55) — Game #6: Persona 5 Tactica (25:16) — Game #7: The Walking Dead Destinies (28:15) — Game #8: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (31:00) — Game #9: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III (33:50) — Game #10: Teardown (37:00) — Palmtree Panic / Zelda CD-i — Links Bluey the Videogame review by Dave Ozzy https://www.thexboxhub.com/bluey-the-videogame-review/ SteamWorld Build https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUGgYbxycko  The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDehcsJNyl0  Calico https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJAcrcOcRs  Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUv7BGUJ5gE  Persona 5 Tactica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAZqsAQ_UY  The Walking Dead Destinies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TIsWc9f140  Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmiw3Qxmg0  Call of Duty Modern Warfare III https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDEDDrGYvo  Teardown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqJEvia4mQ  Link: Faces of Evil ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imlyVV0yYKo  — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Some People Just Like Volume,” “The Apocalypse Now 4-Hour Cut of Games,” “Utterly Deranged,” “An Anger High,” “Say Goodbye, Toes!”  — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments:   (00:00) — Lee reviews Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (01:42) — What is Danganronpa/What is Danganronpa V3 Killing Harmony? (08:47) — Danganronpa V3 is the Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots of Visual Novels (10:08) — MGS4 is Lee's favorite Metal Gear Solid game(15:15) — Why Danganronpa V3 isn't Lee's favorite one (20:19) — Is Danganronpa V3 Good?(22:26) — Is Danganronpa V3 Bad? (24:14) — Do you need to watch the anime Danganronpa 3? / Is Danganronpa V3 Great? (25:44) — A Brief Trip through Pretentious games (31:44) — Danganronpa V3 as “Pretentious” (34:48) — Will Lee crave Danganronpa ever again? (37:57) — One more for the road — Links https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/Danganronpa_V3:_Killing_Harmony ^ Danganronpa V3 Fandom page (it comes up in the show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqnz-7iQbY ^ Jonathan Blow crying in a dark room about Soulja Boy misunderstanding Braid — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Strange Amorphous Masses,” “Crunchy Military Hi-Tech Thrillers,” “Fussy Stealth,” “Tidy Away Your Bodies,”  — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments:   (00:00) — Lawrence plays Rock, Paper, Scissors with CGP Grey (06:05) — Lawrence plays Splinter Cell (11:18) — The “Metal Gear Solid 2” killer (14:03) — “The most post-9/11 game to ever have been made” (15:53) — Gameplay: “Fussy Stealth” (21:50) — Splinter Cell is “Bizarrely Dark” (26.34) — How HD is this HD re-release (29:40) — Sam Fisher: What's his deal? (34:31) — Is Splinter Cell important? (36:30) — What's the political message? Is there one? — Links Can You Win This One-In-A-Million Game? by CGP Grey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWQmZXYd74 — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Half of Nobody,” “The Worm Turns,” “Braying of the Farm Animals” — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments:   (00:00) — Total Carnage (01:45) — Follow-Up (Memories of Windows 95 Games Sampler 2; Things Lawrence never warmed up to) (14:00) — The News (15:37) — Corporate Consolidation Cubbyhole (17:08) — The Game Awards Nominations; a timely conversation (24:54) — PlayStation incentivizes Piracy (25:25) — The Legend of Zelda Movie: What It Might Be About, Who It's For, And Why You Shouldn't Care (35:02) — Sega's Big Rovio Plans Finally Unveiled!!! // Yakuza should take a shot at GTA (38:08) — The Assassin's Creed Black Friday advertisement (43:53) — How to ruin TellTale Games' day — Links Windows 95 Game Sampler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcyi7hGqQ48 TGA Q&A with Geoff Keighley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00EUUMeGVyU — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “The Trilogy Begins,” “Now Is The Time To Smurf,” “A PS3 Game in the Best Kind of Way,” “Big Money, Big Prizes, I Love It” — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Sonic CD Japanese soundtrack excerpt by Naofumi Hataya and Masafumi Ogata // SEGA Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments: (00:00) — Would You Like To Play A Game.gif (01:03) — Guess That Metacritic Score! (02:02) — Game #1: Quantum Error (07:19) — Game #2: Blasphemous II (+Lee joins the game) (10:01) — Game #3: The Smurfs 2: Prisoner of the Green Stone (12:03) — Game #4: Rollercoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe (14:38) — Game #5: RoboCop: Rogue City (17:02) — The Winner (17:30) — Episode #58 Over — Links: Quantum Error trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZDjLAE--w8 Blasphemous II trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Ea8xljfqc The Smurfs 2 trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGrpc3RvMPs Rollercoaster Tycoon Adventures Deluxe trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjZZE3NsUuo RoboCop Rogue City trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5XGFgEUFzk — Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Pirate Text,” “Pokémon Shiny Ratio,” “From Bean to Cup,” “Artemis Fowl: Ritual of the Night” — Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) — Segments: (00:00) — Spookier than ever (00:49) — Lawrence guesses the Castlevania Lee is about to review (04:47) — Lee reviews Castlevania Aria of Sorrow (07:33) — The Metroidvania Lull question (09:58) — Can you enjoy a Castlevania without Dracula? (16:04) — Same Castle; Same Content (23:04) — How attached to Castlevania are you as a concept?(34:32) — Failure to Attach Q / Rank the Castlevanias  — Links: https://bsky.app/profile/leebrady.bsky.social/post/3k5vmbcovqz2v ^ Lee's Credit Post — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA: “The Clout,” “Back to the Past,” “Shocking Formulaic,” “Grapple with the Inevitability,” “A Bigger Kind of Zombie,” “You Get Away With It This Time, Hideki Kamiya!” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments:   00:00:00 — That's Lawrence with a W 00:00:30 — Lawrence plays Resident Evil 2 00:01:25 — A Brain Worm's Vacation 00:04:23 — Resident Evil 2 — What Is? 00:08:21 — Does Resident Evil 2 have a canonical ending? 00:11:37 — Remembering Lost Games of our Youth 00:18:51 — Inventory and Speedrunning 00:29:26 — Bang for your buck 00:31:06 — Lawrence ranks the Resident Evil series (so far as he has played) 00:33:53 — What next? — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “The Enlightened Centrist, Geoff Keighley,” “What a Joke,” “It's a Slasher Movie Except It's Your Job,” “Some Vaguely Bill Clinton For Some Reason Related Bullshit” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — Insert Credit Podcast is better than this show but we didn't start ripping it off until this recording 00:02:00 — The News 00:02:14 — The Unity Debacle; Keighley Responds in Fury 00:09:14 — The Escapist / Ubisoft / PlayStation Studios / Bungie  / Epic Games / Embracer Firings 00:23:34 — Geoff, You Need To Tase Someone to Death 00:25:51 — Charles Martinet Conspiracy Hour — Links — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “A Slave to Popular Opinion,” “Superportalfinder,” “Whatever Art,” “Torn Apart by the Mob” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — Positions vs Opinions / Learning to Be Ok Not Playing Every Game 00:10:14 — Lee say one thing that interested him about 9 games 00:13:19 — The Last of Us Part II 00:14:25 — Inscryption 00:19:08 — Vampire Survivors 00:21:37 — God of War Ragnarok 00:22:50 — Yakuza Kiwami 2 00:26:46 — The Legend of Dragoon 00:29:44 — Superliminal 00:32:58 — Gears of War 00:37:37 — Death Stranding 00:46:29 — Summary: Play games for fun 00:52:33 — Burnout Smurnout — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “FUMU,” “Bursting with Charm,” “Alarmingly Meek” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments:   00:00:00 — Lawrence plays The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker 00:04:04 — Not the Wii U version 00:06:25 — The Old Boys Club hated this Summer Game 00:13:56 — An easy Zelda 00:17:32 — The Problem with Rupees 00:18:14 — The Triforce Shards (Balancing the Drudgery) 00:22:22 — Nitpicking 00:27:50 — The Story and Characters (Spoilers) 00:37:48 — Playing Older Zeldas — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “A Little Muppetesque,” “The Prometheus Treatment”  -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — The return of patter 00:01:35 — Follow-up (PERSONA(L PROBLEMS); Demystified; Final Fantasy Sixty Hours of Your Life You Won't Get Back) 00:08:01 — The News 00:09:34 — Yuji Naka: The Man Who Went Too Fast 00:12:40 — Wip3 M3 Out You Cowards 00:17:30 — SonicFox, BrandonNinja, and The Furality 00:24:39 — GLORBO IS COMING 00:27:53 — Lawrence's Red Dead Buyer's Guide to Redeem Your Dollars 00:32:30 — John Carmack returns / Kamiya is Pro-JRPG 00:37:46 — Acti-Blizzard Double Feature (Dr. Bob Will Build a Creature) 00:47:04 — Castle-lame-ia — Links: Rewrite Wipeout: https://phoboslab.org/log/2023/08/rewriting-wipeout Brandon Ninja Duck Hunt: https://twitter.com/zigzagooniez/status/1674620923218112513  Brandon Ninja Duck Season Fire: https://twitter.com/SSBM_Teo/status/1674600302862008321  — Send us your thoughts!  E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Road Trip Adventure,” ”The Path of Most Indifference,” “Spectacular Trash,” and “Good Old-Fashioned Unpleasantness” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — Part Seaside 00:00:30 — Lee plays Final Fantasy XV 00:01:40 — The whole deal with why FFXV is a mess 00:08:14 — Prelude to the worst onboarding experience of any video game ever 00:16:13 — “Is the character writing good at least?” 00:20:15 — Recommending a Car Crash Fascinating Game 00:26:04 — Spectacular Trash, explained 00:43:23 — Sweet Release — Final Fantasy XV review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23576/final-fantasy-xv-review  Final Fantasy XVI review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23679/final-fantasy-16-review  — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Darkier,” “The Nine Cardinals,” and “A Game of Boules” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments:   00:00:00 — Summer/Winter Games 00:01:42 — Lawrence plays Myst [realMyst Masterpiece Edition] 00:05:59 — What is Myst? 00:16:29 — realMyst's excellent hint system 00:25:29 — Myst: A Good Summer Game 00:26:42 — Lawrence plays The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “A Post-Spider-Verse World,” “Back to the Blue Blur,” “First Talon,” “An Unnecessary Cruelty,” and “Heightened Delusion” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — A chill in the air 00:00:30 — The News [for mid July 2023] 00:01:01 — Nintendo Direct July 2023 00:07:13 — Sonic Superstars  00:12:10 — Geoffest 2023 (Persona 3 Reload announced) 00:27:26 — Sega AEGIS + Sega Saturn Implosion Docs 00:31:23 — CDPR did nothing wrong and everything right 00:01:01 — Nintendo Direct July 2023 00:34:22 — Catch-Up — The Sega Brand Review: https://segaretro.org/images/8/8c/SegaFY1997BrandReview_US.pdf  — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “Being a Baby,” “The Mega Man Way,” “Yammer On” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments: 00:00:00 — Yammer On 00:00:30 — Lee repents; finish God of War 2018 00:01:01 — No Longer Being a Big Baby 00:02:15 — The worst bandwagon 00:05:33 — FFXVI made me replay God of War 00:12:44 — People who don't use special moves; “The Mega Man Way” 00:20:19 — Finally, some real problems with God of War 00:27:49 — God of War is a decent pizzeria — Lee's RE4 x TLOU comparison: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23021/resident-evil-4-the-last-of-us  Lee's Final Fantasy XVI Preview: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23401/final-fantasy-16-preview  Lee's Final Fantasy XVI Review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23679/final-fantasy-16-review  — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “The Office-Like Manner,” “The King of This Incredibly Small Pond,” “A Lot of Rope,” “You're An OctoDad” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — The Office-Like Manner 00:00:45 — Lee plays The Forgotten City 00:01:16 — Creation Engine and Time Loops 00:06:55 — The Golden Rule and stabbing fools 00:11:58 — Doing Obsidian's Bethesda, Faster 00:13:30 — A Premise Big Enough to Do Better 00:21:01 — When a game becomes a novel 00:23:08 — Lawrence demands an example 00:34:08 — How To Not Enjoy Things — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “The Worm Squirms,” “No Percolation Required,” “Down Falling From Up,” “Mid-Game Boss Material” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Lawrence finally beats Super Metroid 00:01:16 — Well, still one of the best games ever made… 00:03:45 — How to criticise Super Metroid 00:08:26 — My favourite Nintendo franchise, probably 00:12:02 — Lawrence finally beats Sonic CD 00:14:15 — What sets Sonic CD apart 00:17:03 — The Time Travel Mechanics 00:23:18 — Sonic CD's impressive, bad, special stages 00:26:20 — Bugs, CD issues, and music that f*cks 00:31:14 — Sonic CD has a final boss? 00:32:37 — Lee, It's Such a Sadness 00:33:18 — Bad Future 00:34:32 — No Game Gear — Links: Telephones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0 — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

[New Format — 55B, C, and D to follow!] AKA “Requiescat in Pace Electronic Entertainment Expo”; “The Perpetual Failures of Activision Blizzard” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) --  Segments:   00:00:00 — Season 3, baby 00:00:43 — Lee was in Japan 00:05:30 — Follow-Up (P**SY and DRIDERS; Perpetually on the Road to Viridian City; Best game of 2021; The Cat's Meow; Spy x Hunter) 00:12:37 — The News 00:12:37 — Vectormen change 00:13:50 — Layers of Fears was afeareds 00:18:10 — Metal Gear Solid Triangle Shape 00:23:06 — Overwatch 2 is an Overwatch 2 remake 00:26:10 — Microsoft/Activision/Blizzard rejected 00:37:38 — RIPEEE / Why we will inevitably get big E3 presentations back someday 00:47:02 — Baby Bowser 00:48:08 — Pinkertons The Gathering — Links: Games from the PlayStation Showcase: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23515/playstation-showcase-2023-new-games Lee's Final Fantasy XVI preview: https://www.truetrophies.com/n23401/final-fantasy-16-preview Silent Hill 2 is more than just “a poison chalice” — it's doomed https://www.truetrophies.com/n23174/silent-hill-2-doomed  — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA “The Sacred GECK”; “The Oeuvre Obsidian”; “HUDrat”; “What is Star Wars?”, “Put The Vaginas Back in The Witcher” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Friends and the Dinner Tray 00:00:53 — Follow-Up (SabanMcMan; Christopher Nolan's Ash Ketchum; Oops; John Carmack's Predictable Telemeres) 00:05:46 — Lawrence plays Fallout 2 00:05:46 — Patched, but is it better than Fallout 1? 00:12:14 — The Total Restoration Mod 00:16:06 — “Do you play the same guy, or…?” 00:21:21 — Pleasing the worms 00:23:13 — Maintaining spirit whilst playing a “crushingly dull” genre 00:32:12 — What was it all for? // The Call of the Worm 00:39:42 — Lee lightly re-reviews Like a Dragon Ishin! 00:59:53 — Lee has some thoughts on ICO and its grabby hands 01:08:06 — “It is the foundation of our species, Lee — the grabby hand.” 01:11:58 — //BREAK// MAIL TIME 01:13:04 — Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales is all up in the HUD 01:15:19 — Lee's Best Game of 2022 01:20:45 — Lee plays Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 01:21:47 — More Super Metroid than Dark Souls 01:23:34 — Attempting to fix the upgrade tree problems 01:28:24 — Avoiding the Metroidvania Lull 01:35:15 — Shipping Star Wars characters whose sexual preferences might conflict 01:39:31 — Excellent Boss Fights 01:42:15 — The News 01:42:15 — Kotick's embarrassing “Death Valley” speech 01:51:08 — Olympic eSports 01:57:51 — The Witcher 3: Wild Junk 02:00:33 — Beyond Good and Evil 2 investigated 02:01:47 — War Thunder Treason — Links: Lee's Like a Dragon Ishin review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n22918/like-a-dragon-ishin-review — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA No One Wants To Be A “Vampire Person”; Ham-to-Ham Combat; Eat Your Slop, Piggy; The Path of the Brain Worm; Dark Patterns -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Merry 2023 00:00:38 — Follow-Up (Another two month absence; Robbed of Future Content; Explaining publisher confidence by way of game numbers) 00:05:08 — Lawrence plays Vampyr 00:05:08 — Tenuous Question: What is the most 7 out of 10 game you've ever played? 00:06:35 — Vampyr, not Vampire 00:07:33 — Lawrence, the vampire guy 00:09:39 — What is “the eurojank of vampire games”? 00:15:59 — The golden rule of vampire fiction: the brood 00:19:01 — Vampyr's Reverse-Nemesis System 00:28:03 — Combat and Classism in Eastern European Bloodborne 00:36:13 — Permasaving the wrong decisions 00:41:15 — The Double A Energy 00:47:53 — The Influence of Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines (and summary) 00:55:58 — Lee's best 7/10 game: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion 01:06:34 — Lee's genealogical tour of PlayStation rhythm games 01:06:34 — Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory 01:11:29 — PaRappa the Rapper 01:16:00 — Vib-Ribbon 01:22:54 — Lee is stuck in RPG hell: Persona 3, Witcher 3, Final Fantasy VI 01:22:54 — The Witcher 3's 60-hour-long first act and comparisons to Vampyr 01:45:30 — Final Fantasy VI, problems with JRPGs, and how VI avoids some of them 01:55:18 — Persona 3's opening vitally lacks a personal hook 02:24:20 — The News 02:25:00 — The Game Awards 2022 02:30:15 — John Carmack leaves Meta 02:32:38 — Square Enix's Bold Commitment 02:36:56 — Ubisoft's Bold Commitment 02:43:20 — Yuji Naka escapes Prison Island 02:45:40 — Microsoft's Bold Commitment 02:47:40 — Epic Games' “Dark Patterns” 02:49:45 — Ash Ketchum hangs up his cap 02:51:58 — The latest Pokémon Rap — Links: Lee: “Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion review — cheap birthday cake” https://www.truetrophies.com/n22455/crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii-reunion-review — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen/message

AKA Claims and Counterclaims; The Flappy Card Clock -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Without a Gourd 00:00:24 — Follow-Up (Toblerone Pyramid Head; Zaum and the follow-up to the Mega Rich Light-Bending Guy tale) 00:09:21 — Lawrence plays Mother 3 00:10:02 — What is Mother 3? 00:14:37 — The ramshackle party of Mother 3 00:16:24 — These spoilers aren't spoilers 00:17:22 — You have never asked whether Mother 3 plays differently from Earthbound 00:21:51 — Mother 3's esoteric music and Colin's Bear 00:25:58 — Mother 3 > Mother 2? 00:33:02 — Mother's Heart of Darkness 00:36:17 — Lee plays Sonic Frontiers 00:37:09 — What is Sonic Frontiers? 00:40:44 — The writing of Sonic Frontiers is Lee's favourite part 00:46:26 — Sonic Frontiers' funniest scene 00:48:10 — Sonic Frontiers' most weirdly moving scene 00:52:17 — The Maturation Slipstream and Lee's blatant autism 00:57:47 — The design, the Hedgehog Engine, and the stupid 01:07:23 — Challenge is the problem 01:12:34 — Sonic's transitioned a long 3D from Pac-Man // Sonic's Confidence 01:18:45 — The News 01:20:08 — Yuji Naka's Villain Era 01:27:02 — The Mick Gordon thing 01:33:42 — Sifu and guessing the TGA most frequent nominees — Links: Colin's Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc Mick Gordon's statement: https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Hallowe'en Spooktacular 2022; Dead People Don't Send Letters; Like a Snowball Down the Mountain; Obey My Rules -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Happy 51st! 00:01:05 — Follow-Up (Bio-Mountain Class Issues; Godefroy and Goobles) 00:05:08 — Lawrence plays Silent Hill 2 (spoiler-free discussion) 00:05:08 — What is Silent Hill 2? 00:15:09 — How scary is Silent Hill 2? 00:19:31 — The Forest Path 00:21:33 — Do horror games only work on the curious? 00:25:04 — “Pyramid Head is Overrated” 00:33:11 — Silent Hill 2's level design 00:38:37 — Invisible ending metrics and the awareness of Team Silent 00:45:41 — The franchise killer / don't play SH2 HD 00:49:06 — Troy Baker's corporate bootlicking statement (AKA “Konami has no fault in this whatsoever”) 00:53:20 — Lee plays Earthbound 00:53:20 — What is Earthbound / Lee also plays Earthbound Beginnings 01:05:55 — Not knowing what to make of it 01:19:00 — Percolating games / Earthbound justifies the JRPG format 01:30:56 — Being a Kid: The Game 01:33:58 — The News 01:33:58 — The Bayonetta 3 thing 01:51:22 — Parasite (n)eve(r gonna happen) 01:58:29 — The Witcher 1 is getting remade 02:00:22 — Henry Cavill leaves the Witcher 02:05:00 — RIP Miniclip 02:06:50 — Silent Hill 2 Remake announced, plus other stuff — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Under Immediate Effect of Choice; A Sick-Crazy Intergalactic Alarm Bell; [[BIG SHOT]]!! -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Time Start! 00:00:36 — Follow-Up (The Newest Format; RE: Netflix is not canon; Kabuki-Cho ni ikimasu; NoJoJo; Nobunaga's Revenge's Revenge) 00:05:26 — Lawrence plays Policenauts 00:33:29 — Elden Ring Cubbyhole #1 01:00:38 — The News 01:00:38 — Battle on Bio-Hazard Mountain 01:02:51 — Hello, Gay Bowser 01:03:44 — Farewell, Nintendo Switch tentacle porn 01:07:26 — Beyond Good and Evil Forever 01:09:09 — See You in Disco Elysium, Disco Elysium 01:16:37 — Out Now: Kevin Costner's Waterworld 01:18:27 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:22:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:23:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:24:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:25:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:26:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! 01:27:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!! — Notes: https://macaw45.itch.io/kevin-costners-waterworld https://deltarune.com/sweepstakes/ — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA "A Highly-Curated No-Script Bubble"; "Inspiration Fuel"; "Ammo in the Chamber"; "The Drama Horse"; "Crazy Toboggan Race To The Bottom" -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Japanese History 00:00:36 — Follow-Up (Flat Earth Holmes, Nier/11, Kabuki-cho; Swagger; Victor Mann; Probably the most wrong this show has ever been) 00:09:19 — Lawrence wraps up Nier Replicant 00:11:47 — Lawrence doesn't like the Netflix JoJo Binge 00:17:28 — Vectormen assess Indie Game: The Movie and Lawrence talks “inspiration fuel” 00:35:29 — Lee talks a few leftovers from his The Last of Us Part 1 review 00:50:04 — The News 00:50:12 — TEE-EARS/T-AIRS/Tears of the Kingdom 00:51:32 — Nixon Gamestop 00:51:50 — The Game (and other stuff) Awards 00:54:21 — Weird / Baby-lon's Fall / Resident Evil on Netflix was canon?? 00:57:41 — Sakurai and Kojima are our new competitors 01:01:06 — Assassin's Nioh, Rise of the Yakuza 01:06:25 — “Now These Shirts Can Be Yours” — Notes: The Last of Us Part I review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n21779/the-last-of-us-part-1-review — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Dissonant Serenity; The Diluvian Amount; Doing Gay Crimes; Become as Gods; Destroy All Language. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — Whoops 00:00:36 — Follow-Up (Utopian Scholastic; KH2.9.1; Games delayed to 2023; Yakuza Dub actors; Team Asobi Team; Bad Japanese History Lesson) 00:19:50 — Lawrence watches Arcane 00:32:43 — Lawrence plays Nier Replicant 01:19:17 — Lee, uhh, you know what… maybe we don't have to… 01:20:41 — Lee talks about Powerwash Simulator (The Perfect Partner Game // Narrative Restraint // Stresslaxing with Video Games) 01:49:54 — The News 01:49:54 — Lawrence must now play Persona 2 Eternal Punishment 01:53:12 — EVO — The Great Rejoicing 01:58:43 — VR Chat Implodes 02:00:27 — PS4 outsells Xbox 2:1 02:10:24 — The Square Enix Embracer Fire Sale 02:16:42 — Farewell, Roblox Oof 02:20:07 — The Sibs 4 02:22:04 — Dead by Daylight x Vectormen 02:23:43 — Delete your accounts — Notes: https://twitter.com/KaiserBeamz/status/1249028642212122627 (Artistic Schools of Thought Twitter thread) — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA “Anti-Spoiler Self-Gaslighting”; “Don't Wash”; “A Lotta Kickin', A Lotta Punchin'”; “To Escape You — Ape Style”; “Filled to the Brim with Bullshit”; “What Does That Get Me?” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 — ばかみたい, ケージデビッド 00:00:31 — Follow-Up (KH0.2; Kefka's number; A Madhouse; Singaporean bones) 00:03:54 — Tenuous Question: What games are you genuinely looking forward to in 2022? 00:07:23 — Death Stranding Director's Cut (505 Games / How Much Would Geoff Keighley Cost?) 00:11:58 — Season 00:14:19 — Stray (Self-Gaslighting; Death by Newbury Metal) 00:18:36 — Firmament (How can Myst in VR fail?) 00:22:40 — Card Shark (Lawrence the Francophile) 00:26:14 — Pentiment (More Modes) 00:29:40 — The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe (How Walking Sims Solved Themselves 00:34:24 — Neon White (the Danganronpa 3 we never got) 00:36:53 — Bayonetta 3 (allegedly; Lawrence's standards) 00:42:00 — Nightingale (Dropping the Guard; We Unhappy Few) 00:46:42 — Thirsty Suitors 00:49:05 — Inscryption (The Frog Fractions Request) 00:51:38 — SCHIM (When the Ace Attorney ghosts bring the boobs) 00:55:24 — Marvel's Midnight Suns (Lee didn't like XCOM 2) 00:59:26 — Sonic Frontiers (Lee rants about recent 3D Sonic games design) 01:12:17 — Lawrence Quickies (The Northman cameo / Beastars S2 / Willy's Wonderland / Assassin's Creed Unity DLC) 01:31:43 — Lawrence plays Yakuza (US) 01:56:46 — Lee talks Ape Escape and the joy of rewiring your brain 02:16:21 — News: John “All the children in Springfield are little SOBs” Riccitiello 02:22:58 — News: Ubisoft, EA, and the inevitable repercussions of always-online games and the fledgling trials 02:33:12 — News: Man invests 30 grand just to ask Nintendo about F-ZERO 02:37:47 — News: Kirby goes Fall Guys 02:39:04 — News: PlatinumGames nabs a Nintendo man 02:48:44 — News: Lee's last news story 02:49:19 — News: Lee and Lawrence play Guess This Game (Live) — We played Guessthe.game at that link. That's a link back there. You just passed it. — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

#Season2 #Vectormen #Digimon #KingdomHearts -- AKA After the Great Hiatus; Elon Musk's Brain in a Jar; Secondaries; The First Naked Throughline; Mass Hallucination, NFT-HOG // -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments 00:00:00 — Vectormen Shippuden 00:01:11 — Follow-Up (After the Great Hiatus // Podcast Eternal // Arc End Fail) 00:07:33 — Lawrence plays Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth 00:35:50 — Lee plays Kingdom Hearts 3, the entire Kingdom Hearts series, and talks Big Games for Baby Brains 01:16:45 — Lee gets a job as a games journo // The Steely Dan demographic // Vectormen's first dead meme 01:21:23 — News: Persona 3/4/5 get ports to everything 01:28:03 — News: Zachtronics closes 01:31:00 — News: Yuji Naka Unleashed 01:33:55 — News: Guillemot's Gambit 01:41:16 — News: Pitchford has a son 01:44:05 — News: Sonic Origins isn't great 01:47:58 — News: Square Enix swerves into NFTs while Embracer sends Tomb Raider to the Gex Mines — Notes The really bad Embracer Media infographic: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-10-buying-tomb-raider-makes-embracer-one-to-watch-well-keep-watching-opinion — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA “A Giant Floating Head with Amazing Powers”; “The Clockdown”; “The Ignominious End”; “Just Don't Do It”; “The Dongle Within” -- Hosted by Lee Brady (lesserland.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Lawrence's Birthday is 9/11 00:01:54 – Follow-Up (We played Spelunky/Scoundrels of Skullport; The Last Emote Standing from the MLK Event is VERY BAD; Lee is Mortal; Lee didn't watch Jerma) 00:08:01 – Vectormen Live Plug (Spelunky 2, Pokémon Unite and Daemon x Machina) 00:23:36 – Lawrence plays Hand of Fate 00:45:11 – Prelude to Quitting Games Part 3: Talking the Gun out of Lawrence's Mouth 00:51:26 – Lee quits playing The Witcher 2: Assassininins Of Kinginings 01:06:01 – Lee quits 2018's God of War 01:26:10 – News: PlayStation Showcase 2021 was good! 01:33:34 – News: Sonic Colours Ultimate-ly Blinds Kids 01:36:30 – News: Apple v Epic comes to a surprising conclusion 01:42:08 – News: Activision Blizzard sued.. Again. 01:45:32 – News: Paradox Interactive are also, sadly, a bad company 01:52:48 – News: Evan Wells make that hand gesture that lets us all know that handling Crunch at his multi-million dollar studio is just a thing he's not too fussed about figuring out 01:58:21 – News: Surprise! Nintendo had bluetooth capacity in those Switches all along 02:01:10 – News: Imagine being latched onto the PlayStation Network, where owning a game that runs on more than a single device does not count as a single purchase 02:03:58 – News: Vectormen out themselves as pro-China, which we hear is cool now 02:09:40 – OMG Does Naruto have a Twin!?!? --- — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Close to the Cutting Edge; Clint Beastwood; Default Dance to “I Have a Dream” ; Clumsy Faith; I Just Want My Kids Back -- Hosted by Lee Brady (lesserland.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Lavender Town 00:01:21 – Follow-Up (Episode's out on time, Yakuza is 2020, Vectormen Live Plug: Talisman Edition) 00:11:10 – Lawrence watched Jerma live out the Sims 00:22:03 – Lawrence plays the original Fallout 01:01:31 – Lee talks Bloodborne Cubbyhole 01:20:17 – Lee plays MIND SCANNERS 02:06:03 – Lee talks Mini Motorways 02:20:42 – News: Activision Blizzard lawsuit expands for potentially destroying documents // Jesse McCree gets a name change 02:25:47 – News: Gamescom announcements, including new Blasphemous and more! 02:32:13 – News: Gamasutra rebrands to Game Developer 02:35:04 – News: Lee gives his top 3 recommendations from SAGE 2021 (Sonic Amateur Gaming Expo) 02:49:06 – News: Call of Duty Vanguard reignites the File Size Conspiracy 02:50:50 – News: Dead by Daylight loses Stranger Things content, probably because of Netflix's new game streaming ambitions or something 02:55:42 - News: MLK JOINS THE BATTLE BUS 03:01:46 - News: Zombies no longer racist 03:03:16 - At Last, the Three Hour Podcast --- — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Tease You Out -- Hosted by Lee Brady (lesserland.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – A Thousand Eyes on Vectormen Podcast 00:02:34 – Follow-Up (Blasphemy, Birthdays and Cruise Ships) 00:09:56 – Lawrence wraps up on Blasphemous 00:11:53 – Lawrence plays the Digital Edition of classic board game, Talisman 00:43:05 – Lawrence watches Rock & Rule (AKA Ring of Power) 00:57:07 – Lee plays Early-Access Dorfromantik, explains why it is not actually chill 01:23:00 – Lee talks M Night Shyamalan's OLD 01:34:02 – PRENEWS 01:35:21 – News: Sony finalises purchase of Crunchyroll: how it affects you and your anime needs 01:39:44 – News: Mortal Kombat animated movie reminds that Mortal Kombat had a real movie this year 01:41:14 – News: Movie Knuckles voice actor announced / Starlight Zone at the Olympics / Lee talks about the Olympics and complains about the BBC's coverage, like he's 55 or something and no he's not cutting it 01:48:10 – News: Quantic Dream engage in WILD COLLAGE 01:50:40 – News: Annapurna Games showcase a bunch of cool new stuff 02:00:21 - News: Information about Skull and Bones troubled development comes out 02:04:17 - News: Activision Blizzard sued for a corporate structure that preys on and abuse women - 3 weeks of coverage catch-up --- — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA The Last Wave; Erotic Violence; From Hell's Heart -- Hosted by Lee Brady (lesserland.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Live from the Heatwave 00:00:34 – Follow-Up (Skullgirls stands strong, the Apex hacker clarifications, Timesplitters and Free Radical Design updates, Lee starts a new website: lesserland.com) 00:11:27 – Lawrence wraps up on Hades 00:12:14 – Lawrence plays Blasphemous, reflects on Catholic guilt 00:42:14 – Lee, rather on theme, plays Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (also reflections on older Castlevania games, Mega Man and Cyber Shadow) 01:20:21 – Lee also talks PS3's Rain, its development, and speculates about its direction (alongside special industry insider guest) 01:51:36 – News: New Switch compels few while new Steam Deck entices 02:04:02 – News: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl coming out strong 02:07:16 – News: Gundam Evolution is just Overwatch with Gundam, which is cool, and we talk a bit about Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Case Closed and Gundam memes off the back of that 02:16:46 – News: id Software's Super Mario 3 now in a museum / Hideo Kojima prefers “Death Stranding: Director's PLUS” 02:21:21 – News: Sega's Judgement/Judgment trapped in some bizarro dispute with Tekuya Kimura's old-world agency which threatens to end the series. We then just… riff on how old fashioned this agency must be. 02:32:04 – News: Ubisoft releases documents, admits to a potential brain drain due to the harassment in the top brass; also merges two studios which employes aren't happy about; also, we talk about Assassin's Creed Infinity, a game that fundamentally signals the end of what we liked about Assassin's Creed 02:43:14 – News: Ending on a Bummer --- Links https://kotaku.com/rain-would-probably-have-been-damn-hard-as-a-stealth-ac-986304261 ^ Ikeda's stealth game quote https://www.dualshockers.com/director-of-sonys-rain-wants-to-make-an-action-game-next/ ^ Ikeda wants a violent game next https://kotaku.com/heres-what-megamans-creator-thinks-of-rain-1440566152 ^ Keiji Inafune on Rain https://kotaku.com/capcom-abandoned-mega-man-you-saved-him-1438292184 ^ The very funny Mighty No. 9 article — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA My Benevolent Heel; Crabs in the Bucket; On the Persian Boats; Same Old, Same Old Mongol Horde -- Catch each podcast episode live at Twitch.tv/VectormenLive Hosted by Lee Brady (twitch.tv/leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – God Bless Solitaire 00:00:34 – Follow-Up (Theories of Left 4 Dead, Not so Card Sharps, Never Trust Square Enix, PS5 is real) 00:10:32 – Lawrence Plays Stellaris for, like, 70 hours 00:38:37 – Lawrence, follower of Supergiant Games works, gives his belated take on Hades 00:59:42 – Lee plays PlayStation 3's HALO KILLER, Haze 01:30:12 – Lee, a man with bad taste, bemoans much of the problems with Horizon: Zero Dawn 01:59:08 – News: Sony snaps up Housemarque 02:02:00 – News: Square Enix's Marvel's Avengers displays your IP Address online 02:02:55 – News: CyberConnect2 bringing Demon Slayer game to the West 02:06:10 – News: Sonic in Minecraft / Magic: Legends is DBA (Dead Before Arrival) 02:09:27 – News: You can still get PSP games in a roundabout way for a while 02:10:46 – News: Apex Legends hacked to warn Apex Legends not to get hacked. Also, mainly, Titanfall. 02:12:20 – News: Humble Bundle slightly less Humble 02:14:19 – News: Skyward Sword shuts up Fi 02:15:04 – News: Dead Space reportedly getting an unnecessary remake 02:18:48 – News: Smash Bros Ultimate next fighter to be last; Dante doesn't make the cut 02:23:12 – News: Sonic the VTuber 02:28:19 – Back to Normal --- — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Stand alongside your podcast, preferably in the Co-Op Multiplayer Pose. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (twitch.tv/leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – All Is Permitted 00:00:55 – Follow-Up 00:10:13 – Part 1: 4 Weeks of News Catch-Up 01:33:23 – Part 2: E3 Round-Up 2021 (Microsoft, Ubisoft, Square Enix, Nintendo, Summer Game Fest) --- LINKS: Video Game Music that Sounds Similar Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlxSJO9kKk PalWorld Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4lyOH1_0o — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5o7IvN88mHEerpNGZmMFPQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

No way, Harry! There's an incredible high net worth individual inside my container! That's crazy, I can't believe it, I'm going to send my best to look into that, Harry! -- Hosted by Lee Brady (twitch.tv/leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – It's Time to Move On 00:01:00 – SCHEDULE CHANGES, LIVE RECORDINGS, BRIEF HIATUS AND MORE (Also: Dogecoin) 00:14:03 – Follow-Up (Hiram Lives / Qualifying One's Love for Historical Racism) + Vectormen Live Plug (FEET) 00:18:00 – News: Humble Bundle reluctantly charitable once more 00:21:15 – News: Witcher 3 Director abandons ship 00:24:08 – News: APPLE VS EPIC - A Summary 00:48:00 – News: Other News Round-Up (PlayStation Shortage, Skull and Bones Delay, Sega remembers IPs, Sony sued for market restriction, Castlevania Season 4 out, Stadia is OK!, The Mako gets a good/bad toggle, Nintendo's VERY GOOD YEAR, Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Announced) 00:55:31 – Lawrence checks back in with Assassin's Creed Unity one last time 01:06:58 – The Disco Elysium SPOILERCAST 02:30:13 – Live, Flawed - See you in June! --- — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Are you some kind of history coward?? Because I for one LOVE historically accurate racism. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (twitch.tv/leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Kanji's Greeting / LE SPACE 00:02:16 – Follow-Up (Thanks Rogert / Epic Double Down / Google “Stadia” / Shadow the Hedgehog Design Theory / True Communards) 00:07:34 – Vectormen Live Plug (Too Disco) 00:09:57 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (THE END?) 00:17:48 – Lawrence and Lee continue their adventures into Disco Elysium 00:57:03 – “Lee's Week” 00:57:23 – News: What a silly week PS3 and Vita had and will never have again 00:59:46 – News: IGN's Humble Bundle caps charity donations at 15% 01:05:20 – News: Days Gone Creative Director has a good old fashioned meltdown and, fair enough, if this ever happens to us he gets to podcast about it too 01:14:15 – News: Bobby Kotick: Middleclassman and Your Future Lover 01:19:40 – News: Toys for Bob are now merely… Toys… for Bob. 01:23:02 – News: No one: // Absolutely no one: // SEGA: BUY SOME SONIC NFTs 01:24:21 – News: KNUCKLES CONFIRMED 01:25:50 – News: Ace Attorney now the only acceptable racism 01:31:36 – News: Terry Crews says “Mother 3” // Another Funny Kotaku Headline // what was that about acceptable racism? --- Gamasutra on Bobby Kotick's wage cut: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/380658/Activision_Blizzard_CEO_Bobby_Kotick_reduces_salary_by_50_to_875K.php — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Ignorance is its own spite. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (twitch.tv/leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Evil Apes 00:00:25 – Follow-Up (Ultima not Everquest, PS3's Time Limit) 00:03:33 – Vectormen Live Plug (Armello Ever More) 00:07:37 – Tenuous Question: How would you banish Restless Ghoul Roger Ebert? 00:27:15 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (The Deadline Looms) 00:30:05 – Lawrence and Lee talk their differing choices in Disco Elysium 01:02:21 – Lee plays Wilmot's Warehouse 01:20:15 – News: Mass Lighting Effects 01:30:34 – News: Nintendo Indie World (Labyrinth City and that's it) 01:33:28 – News: iOS devices make pornography .0001% harder to find 01:36:02 – News: Intel reveal censor AI, lets you toggle white nationalist sliders from ‘none' to ‘most' 01:42:19 – News: Tim Sweeney Hates Money 01:49:32 – News: Swear to god, funniest thing I've ever seen in my life // STONE OCEAN BABY 01:53:11 – News: The Last of Us 1, announced. Don't worry, those sirens aren't just in your head 01:58:34 – News: Heed the Pac-Menace --- Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gui7felr9A Cool Ghosts Episode 3 — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

We've got Tendrils in Many Pies -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Be The Danny 00:00:59 – Like Zelda, But Not 00:04:23 – Vectormen Live Plug / LeePaulBrady Plug (Armello, Among Us Airship, Landmaker) 00:13:35 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Approaching the End) 00:16:31 – Lawrence Plays Disco Elysium: Director's Cut 00:33:19 – Lee Plays Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity 00:52:54 – News:Stonks is Dead and Fortnite Killed It 00:55:36 – News: RIP Mario / Nintendo eShop 00:58:12 – News: RIP Sony / PlayStation Store 01:02:41 – News: SGDQ still on for July, thank god 01:04:21 – News: Good / Bad April Fools 01:07:31 – News: Microsoft makes 3 Bethesdas in Hololens (thanks Kotaku) 01:12:04 – News: New Rocket League Game is just Slime Soccer 01:14:17 – Good Job — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

[NEW EPISODES EVERY SECOND WEEK FROM HERE ON // 2 PLAYER STREAMS EVERY OTHER WEEK ON TWITCH.TV/VECTORMENLIVE] -- Everyone's a Whale in the Great Corona Sea -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Welcome to W-Hop, Can We Take Your Money 00:00:58 – Follow Up: Adults talk about Roblox 00:02:14 – Follow Up: Mordhau Do You Mean / Can We Take Your Money (Reprise) 00:04:30 – Follow Up: The Two Genders: Arin and Danny 00:07:58 – Follow Up: Openly Talking About Gaming Viewership - For Your Amusement 00:25:42 – The Vectormen Live Plug ft. Armello and THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS IN THE SHOW 00:32:02 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Cowboy Skulls are Cool) 00:37:56 – Lawrence Gits Gud(der) at Spelunky 00:47:55 – Tenuous Topic: “Retro Games are Hilarious” 01:10:00 – News: Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis gets Loot Boxes 01:11:35 – News: Vectormen gets NFTs 01:13:41 – News: Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick are bad: 2021 Ultimate Collector's Edition 01:15:19 – News: EH-Gate 01:17:33 – News: Your Dad's Wet Dreams, Now Playable In Fortnite 01:22:29 – News: Square Enix got nothing 01:23:49 – News: EVO emaciated corpse, revived 01:28:35 – News: Square Enix got nothing 01:29:29 – Doing it for the Laughs — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA The Rube's Thumbs-Up; AKA Nose to the Grindstone; AKA More Creepy than Jubilant; AKA Of Nails in Coffins -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Beyond the Brief Hiatus (Crunchy Lee) 00:05:36 – Three-Week Old Follow-Up 00:10:21 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Lawrence Grows a Robot) 00:24:07 – Lawrence's Adventures in Roguelites 00:34:10 – Lee Talks Bloodborne Cubbyhole #2 01:02:56 – Three Week Old News Begins / RIP Daft Punk / PS5VR 01:07:10 – News: Game Stocks Cubbyhole (Gamestop vs Roblox) 01:10:44 – News: Pokemon Direct (Sinnoh Remakes, 3D Pokemon announced) 01:19:38 – News?: Ratchet and Clank was free on PS4 for a while 01:25:21 – News: Space Jam 2 isn't as hot as fans demanded 01:28:42 – News: Mediatonic swallowed whole by Epic Games / Class-Action Lawsuits?? 01:33:19 – News: Anthem inevitably dies 01:36:15 – News: Avengers begs to die 01:39:54 – News: Final Fantasy VII True Remake is a chibi, mobile phone port job nightmare 01:46:07 – News: Arc Systems Work Championing Rollback Netcode!??! — Links: Slightly dodgy site but here's a picture of Verizon Presents: The Avengers: https://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-Fios-customers-free-Marvels-Avengers-gams_id127046 — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Martin Scorcese is My Favourite Content Provider -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure courtesy of David Production / Shueisha -- Segments: 00:00:00 – An Optic Blast for your Earholes 00:00:37 – Follow-Up (Joke Credits, Hidden Variable Exist, Gamespotstoptptptpt) 00:02:44 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Training AI, 3D Modelling and Feedback) 00:12:19 – Lawrence watches Batman: Gotham Knight 00:26:11 – Lee introduces 5 short topics for Grabbag Content (Cubbyhole S2-44) 00:28:43 – Topic 1: Anime - Demon Slayer / Super Eyepatch Wolf / FLCL / Funimation / Attack on Titan 00:36:49 – Topic 2: Hip Hop - A Tribe Called Quest / Weird Al / Space Ghost: Coast to Coast 00:40:46 – Topic 3: Lee restarts his old personal Twitch, twitch.tv/leepaulbrady / Alt-Right Lawrence / Japanese Lessons / Tarot Readings 00:48:44 – Topic 4: Bloodborne Cubbyhole 00:58:09 – Topic 5: God of War (PS4) 01:09:15 – News: 6 Days in Fallujah is an apolitical modern war romp, says idiot/marketing genius 01:18:20 – News: Activision Blizzard, EA and TakeTwo now part-owned by your friends and mine, the Crown Prince Mohammid bin Salman 01:19:33 – News Round-Up (Shovel Knight in For Honor, Mortal Kombat film trailer is pretty good!, Minit gets a charity sequel, Kingdom Hearts 2 years from a Steam release 01:24:48 – News: Blizzconline 2021 (WoW, Diablo, Overwatch 2, Metallica and Twitch) 01:35:42 – News: Nintendo Direct 2021 announcements 01:28:03 – I Like Your Words, Magic Man — — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Kicking and screaming into the myre in SKIN. TIGHT. SPACE SUITS. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox The Punk Song courtesy of Jim Sterling The Wii Shop Channel Song courtesy of Nirvanna the Band The Actual Wii Shop Channel Song courtesy of Nintendo -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Lisa, Don't You Ruin Another Love Day 00:01:11 – Follow-Up (Skullgirls Live, Herzog's Vampyre, Nu-Metal vs Death Metal, Herman Hermann, Hot Tweets in Show Notes, Lovely Lovely Love) 00:10:55 – A Quick Game Dev Cubbyhole 00:15:40 – Lawrence plays Offspring Fling 00:20:30 – Lawrence watches Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 00:29:24 – Lee finishes Yakuza Kiwami 00:41:00 – Tenuous Question: What's Your Stance on Hard Mode? 00:52:53 – Wild Speculation: Jason Momoa as Knuckles!?! 00:54:49 – Wild Speculation: EA to meet to discuss fate of Anthem!?! 00:58:20 – News: Mass Effect Legendary Collection has altered guts, butts 01:06:32 – Wild Speculation “Cubbyhole”: Ace Attorney JAPAN coming West 01:10:27 – News: CDPR Hacked 01:14:36 – Welcome to Nirvanna — Links: https://twitter.com/VectormenPod/status/1358789914205257732?s=20 ^ HOT TWEETS https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yvKt_oX9rHVbDa05IBoRgXWEvR74CLWZ/view?usp=sharing ^ Lovely Loving Love — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Look Busy on Your Dream; AKA Baby Shoes for Sale (Never Worn) -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Sayonara, Podcast Quality 00:00:56 – Follow-Up (Remember Me is the European God Hand, Stonks Cubbyhole, Sonic VA Cubbyhole) 00:06:47 – A Quick Game Dev Cubbyhole 00:10:49 – Lawrence watches Vampire Hunter D, AKA The Big D 00:30:31 – Lee plays Final Fantasy VII (Part One: Looks, Hooks and Books) (+ Tenuous Question: Dealing with Spoiled Media) 01:00:21 – News: Destruction All-Stars a bubbling cesspool; The Death of Alt-Right Lawrence 01:03:13 – News: Google Stadia makes predictable swan dive into obscurity / Amazon Game Studios not looking too great either 01:09:21 – News: WB Games, scumbags, patent the Nemesis system 01:12:31 – News: Bayonetta 3's pot refuses to boil due to many watching eyes / POP Remake pushed into the void 01:16:24 – News: Sonic Prime / Sonic HD Ports rumoured 01:21:01 – News: Nintendo joins the 21st Century in terms of Network Architecture 01:23:45 – 9'6” — Links: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/feb/03/amazon-google-and-why-you-cant-just-invent-a-blockbusting-games-developer ^ Amazon and Google are not good at games https://killedbygoogle.com/ ^ Killed by Google — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA Twitch Plays Capitalism -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox -- Segments: 00:00:00 – You Got Greedy, Martin 00:00:31 – Follow-Up (Lawrence A-Jason, MAGFest Liberated, Lee's Unassailable Design Document) 00:04:14 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Paring Down the Suits; Baby's First Program) 00:16:09 – Lawrence watches Lupin III - Part One 00:28:33 – Lee watches Danganronpa: The Animation and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School 00:51:31 – Lee tries out the demo for Balan WonderWorld 00:59:40 – News: Roger Craig Smith retires from voicing Sonic the Hedgehog 01:05:55 – News: Dontnod now owned by your friends and mine, the People's Republic of China 01:06:19 – News: Bleeding Edg * 01:10:10 – News: Konami reshuffles something something WHO CARES 01:10:22 – News: Stockholders Cubbyhole: The Great Gamestop Dogpile / Pre-Market Crash of 2021- An Epic in Two Parts — Links: — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

They Could, So They Did. -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) Scottish Accent Robot courtesy of Text 2 Speech.org (https://www.text2speech.org/) The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox -- Segments: 00:00:00 – The Coolest Episode Yet 00:01:01 – Follow-Up (The Bravest Men on the Projekt) 00:04:07 – Tenuous Question Follow-Up: At What Point Do You Consider Busting Out the Guide? (+ Cheating in Games) 00:08:56 – Stealth Tenuous Question: What Collectathon made you bail the hardest? 00:16:05 – Lawrence talks programming cards in Game Dev Cubbyhole 00:25:42 – Lawrence watches The Secret of Kells 00:37:40 – Lee Plays Raji: An Ancient Epic 00:53:47 – Lee Plays the first Final Fantasy 01:17:41 – News: Klei Entertainment now owned by our good friends and yours, the People's Republic of China 01:20:00 – News: Vicarious Visions folds into the larger Activision/Blizzard hiveflesh 01:22:33 – News: The Xbox Live Gold Price Fiasco 01:27:47 – News: Resident Evil Village Showcase 01:34:46 – News: Cyberpunk 1066 SuperBug / Lee Bows Out / Rodney / Neat — Links: — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

AKA A Golden F**king Well-Oiled Machine -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) “OKAY” bt 13ounce; please support the original artist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrpMJP4E-8&ab_channel=AudioLibrary%E2%80%94Musicforcontentcreators -- Segments: 00:00:00 – Fools 00:01:05 – Follow-Up (Slunky, Ubisoft's The Undivisioned, Dutch Christians) 00:05:36 – Tenuous Question: At What Point Do You Consider Busting Out the Guide? 00:15:37 – Lawrence begins ‘Game Dev Cubbyhole' 00:26:34 – Lee: “Danganronpa 2 is the Metal Gear Solid 2 of Visual Novels.” 00:45:05 – Lee watches Assassination Classroom 00:52:53 – News: Get Hype for the Disinterred Corpse of LucasArts 00:56:23 – News: MachineGames helm new Indiana Jones game 00:58:52 – News: NEver, Jane 01:02:41 – News: Cra-zy Man Jo sef Fares is at it again! 01:04:26 – News: Magfest Board Resign / Capcom Cup Fears The Thing 01:07:15 – News: CDPR “Vewy Sowwy”, unless you're their QA department 01:13:39 – Lee plays Frogger in Toy Town — Links: — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message

Vectormen, held together by Positive Thinking and Rubber Bands -- Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence) Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co) Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen) -- Segments: 00:00:00 – 2020: A Year of Movement 00:00:53 – Follow-Up (Welcome Back, 2020 Ranked, Divide by 10, KEANU, Hard Maths, Winchester House) 00:05:56 – Lawrence completes Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 00:26:46 – Lawrence watches Tokyo Godfathers3 00:33:51 – Lee talks The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and ‘The Rally Zone' 00:56:18 – News: The PogChamp Debacle 00:59:58 – News: AGDQ 2021 was, as usual, very good 01:05:42 – News: The Crown Prince's KOFXV announced 01:07:02 – News: MAGfest #Cancelled 01:07:40 – News: Adobe ends Flash Support, Ending an Era 01:11:41 – News: Hitman III VR trailer will get us sent to fun jail 01:15:38 – 2nd Favourite Links — Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcOd82Q6-oU&ab_channel=GamesDoneQuick ^ Blindfolded SM64 Speedrun by Bubzia — Send us your thoughts! Twitter: @VectormenPod E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vectormen/message