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Finally the Finale of Earthbound! The Heroes of S.P.E.A.R. regroup and confront Lady Pharah and Lord Anordu. Can they defeat the combined powers of these Superpowered monarchs? Can they reverse the spell that gave Pharah the world?Music by TeknoAXE#actualplay #iconsrpg

Jen Cohn is best known for her role voicing ‘Pharah' in Overwatch. She's also the voice of 'Lord Zash' in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and of Zuko and Azula's mother ‘Ursa' in Avatar: The Last Airbender. She can currently be seen playing lawyer 'Cheryl Levine' in HULU's limited series Welcome to Chippendales. Jen is also known for livestreams on TikTok, Twitch and YouTube at @heyitsjencohn - where she does Style streams, Studio visits, and Ask Bird Mom, a series of Real Talk Advice Streams for gamers. She's also a member of Rustic Mascara, a virtual theater company bringing live Shakespearean performances into video games. Their project GRAND THEFT HAMLET won the Innovation Award at London's Stage Awards in 2023, and just won best Feature Documentary at SXSW 2024. She lives with her husband and son in New York City.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Al and Kev go through their favourite marriage candidates in farming games Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:03:03: What Have We Been Up To 00:17:52: News 00:31:39: Marriage Candidates 01:05:25: Outro Links Tchia on Switch Sunnyside Release Spirittea “Helping Hands” Update Snacko Character Customisation My Time at Sandrock Cross Platform Multiplayer Stardew Valley 1.6.4 Monsterpatch Screenshot Moonstone Island Switch Tease Contact Al on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheScotBot Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Al: Hello farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. (0:00:34) Al: My name is Al. (0:00:37) Al: And we are here today to talk about cottagecore games. (0:00:43) Al: Transcripts are available as always in the show notes and on the website. (0:00:47) Al: Kevin, welcome back. (0:00:49) Al: How are you doing? (0:00:54) Al: Yes, it has. (0:00:55) Al: You were last on the pixel cross. (0:01:05) Al: Yeah, I’ll be honest, I haven’t played it since that episode. (0:01:11) Al: But I think that’s mainly because I don’t– (0:01:16) Al: well, it’s partly that. (0:01:17) Al: But I also think that the Switch is not the best way for me to play games like that. (0:01:23) Al: I think if I had it on my phone– (0:01:28) Al: no, it’s not even just that it’s like if I had it on my phone, (0:01:30) Al: I would do it a lot more. (0:01:31) Al: The problem is I don’t want to close the game that’s open on my switch to open that up. (0:01:35) Al: Well, yeah, they say that but it doesn’t ever work on the PS5, at least in my experience. (0:02:05) Al: In my experience, I’ve never managed to get it to actually work. (0:02:10) Al: But what do I know? I feel like it would be simple, but I don’t know. I’m not a games console developer. Oh yeah, it’s just software. I do software. It’s just that, right? It’s easy. (0:02:16) Kev: All game dev is simple, don’t you know? (0:02:23) Kev: It’s just copy-paste. (0:02:26) Al: Cool. So we are going to talk this episode about our favorite marriage candidates across different Kojkokou games. (0:02:32) Kev: Oh yeah, time for some deep lore, time for people to learn about us, or tags. (0:02:35) Al: Yeah, yeah, it’ll be interesting to see how many of Kevin’s are from wildflowers. (0:02:45) Kev: the answer just wildflowers (0:02:46) Al: Or will we actually learn some new information? (0:02:51) Al: So we’re going to talk about… (0:02:55) Al: Yeah, it’s just Wesley three times, right? (0:03:01) Al: So we’ve got, before that, we’ve got some news. (0:03:05) Al: What have you been up to? (0:03:06) Kev: Ohhh, what have I been up to? (0:03:10) Kev: Cassette Beasts, Cassette Beasts, you already know this, you listen to Rainbow Road audio. (0:03:14) Kev: Cassette Beasts! (0:03:14) Al: I haven’t listened to this week, still. (0:03:16) Kev: Um… (0:03:18) Kev: Oh, okay. Yeah, oh yeah, that’s true, but, um… (0:03:20) Kev: Uh, so Cassette Beasts, the… (0:03:24) Kev: Poet Monster Catching Not Pokemon Game. (0:03:28) Kev: Uh, I forget the name of the developer, but, uh, I have it on Switch. (0:03:38) Kev: cheap it’s good I don’t even know where to begin it’s just the presentation is immaculate because they put a lot of emphasis on their style a lot of 80s 90s influence you know as the titular presets were popular then right the music is fantastic the mechanics are there’s (0:04:08) Kev: substantial maybe a little confusing or overwhelming at times just because but that’s probably just because Pokemon has so long dominated the market slash my life right it’s hard to readjust but in general the game is pretty snappy and quick it feels a lot more dynamic than say Pokemon or I think most other monster catchers the designs are fun the the (0:04:39) Kev: interesting yeah I like I don’t I could go on into a whole episode about this I might it’s somebody else who’s a fan but I wonder I can hear him screaming from Australia right now but yeah cassette piece is just a plus plus stellar, stellar stuff, um, I uh, (0:04:51) Al: I wonder who that could be. (0:05:08) Kev: I’ll give you what I’m at near the end, I think from where where my quests are and my levels and whatnot (0:05:15) Kev: I’m in the last stretch of the game (0:05:19) Kev: It is (0:05:21) Kev: The Antagonists are interesting. It’s not just the Team Rocket ripoff. It’s a some otherworldly beings actually rather odd (0:05:33) Kev: And one thing about the game right there’s a partner system where you always (0:05:38) Kev: Have two players on the field by default on your side (0:05:42) Kev: And so there’s a handful of different characters you can pick as your partner (0:05:48) Kev: One of the last characters you unlock is named Barkley. They are just a dog who can transform into monsters (0:05:55) Kev: They have headphones, yeah (0:05:57) Kev: So Barkley is great. Um, but yeah, that’s that’s cassette beasts great grain great game (0:06:05) Kev: Aside from that I have been (0:06:08) Kev: flying since I picked up my 3DS for the termination of the online services, just to make sure some stuff was squared away. (0:06:17) Kev: I’ve fired up Weapon Shop Delmase. (0:06:24) Al: as you do. It’s an interesting combination of French and English there. (0:06:32) Kev: It’s made by a Japanese developer, so you know, that’s some good, good stuff. (0:06:36) Kev: Um… (0:06:38) Kev: It is a small, it is part of the what’s called the Guild collection (0:06:44) Kev: Compilation of different small smaller sized video games on the 3ds (0:06:50) Kev: by different developers and (0:06:54) Kev: Game directors and stuff like that (0:06:57) Kev: I’ve heard described as like a game jam But the people making them or you know established studios and developers so they are all (0:07:05) Kev: Polished games and whatnot (0:07:08) Kev: You play a weapon shop as the you know name wouldn’t fly you are in charge of a weapon shop where you have to forge weapons for various characters and heroes from your archetypal (0:07:22) Kev: RPG classic fantasy characters (0:07:25) Kev: there’s a (0:07:28) Kev: French knight who’s over the top and full bravado. There’s a (0:07:32) Kev: samurai Reserve in old-fashioned. There’s a Grand Mahalo swinging axes (0:07:38) Kev: and t. It’s a comedy game. So much to the point that it has an actual sitcom style laugh track. It is it is a fun little game. It’s it’s very laid back in space. The forging part of it is just a little rhythm mini game and the adventures that the characters have. You kind of read about them in the background. There’s like this little social media feed that you follow their updates and stuff like that. (0:08:09) Kev: Very, very cute. Very fun. It’s published by Level 5. The Professor Layton and Yo-Kai Watch Company. And they’re very good at making things very whimsical and cartoony and fun. And this game very much follows in that way. (0:08:24) Kev: But but yeah, that’s that’s mostly what I’ve been up to those two games. What about you, Al? Let’s go. (0:08:30) Al: Fair enough. Can you guess? Can you guess what I’ve been playing? (0:08:34) Kev: is it a stardew valley how many have you been marrying (0:08:37) Al: It’s Stardew Valley. I’m still, I’m still playing it. (0:08:41) Kev: are you marrying people left and right for this episode (0:08:45) Al: Oh, no. No, no, no. This play through has certainly not changed my opinions on (0:08:51) Kev: Yeah, yeah, uh, what, where are you? (0:08:52) Al: on any particular candidate. (0:08:55) Kev: What have you discovered or what’s how far into. (0:09:00) Al: All right. Well, so I have progressed quite a bit since the last episode, because I think it’s two episodes ago. And when I did that episode, it was like an early episode. And this is like a late recording episode. So it’s been like nearly three weeks. And I haven’t stopped playing that entire time. I keep trying to do other things and then I go, but I could be playing Stardew instead. Yeah. So I think last time I had just finished. (0:09:22) Kev: Exactly, but they’re not stardew, right? So why would you? (0:09:30) Al: I finished the Georgia stuff. So I had just finished buying all the standard Georgia stuff and Kelly shouted at me for that. Since then, I have done all of the other upgrades. So I’ve got the movie theater. I’ve given Palma House. I’ve given the shortcuts. I don’t know if you’ve done the show. (0:09:56) Kev: Uhh, I think I wanted to, I bet. (0:10:02) Al: So I’ve got them, I unlocked and finished Ginger Island. (0:10:06) Al: That’s all done. (0:10:07) Al: So I’m now just using it as a massive ancient fruit farm. (0:10:10) Kev: You finished it, wow. (0:10:12) Al: Yeah, yeah, no, I’ve done all that. (0:10:13) Al: So I’m just using it now as a massive ancient fruit farm. (0:10:17) Al: So I have, I think, 250 ancient fruit plants growing there, (0:10:23) Al: which so, yeah, so like every week I’m making, oh, let’s see. (0:10:30) Al: Uh, yeah, like. (0:10:31) Kev: You’re making JoJo levels of money. (0:10:32) Al: I’m making like 600,000 a week, I think, um, including I have, uh, every four days I make a hundred thousand from honey, uh, because did you know that (0:10:46) Al: fairy rose honey is worth a lot of money? (0:10:50) Al: And so I have a large section of ginger Island devoted entirely to be houses (0:10:55) Al: with fairy roses growing there. (0:10:58) Al: And yeah, every four days I make a hundred thousand from. (0:10:58) Kev: All right. (0:11:02) Kev: Dang, that’s– you got this down to a T. (0:11:02) Al: I have built three of the four obelisks now, so I just got the final one to do, (0:11:10) Al: which I should probably do after my next harvest. (0:11:13) Al: And I’ve bought the return scepter. (0:11:16) Al: So that is the first time I’ve bought the return scepter. (0:11:20) Kev: What is the return set to? (0:11:20) Al: It is very pleasing. (0:11:22) Al: Oh, have you not seen this? (0:11:23) Al: So that’s one that Crobus sells it. (0:11:27) Al: And it’s a tool that, I mean, it’s basically just a totem, right? (0:11:30) Al: So it lets you get home. (0:11:32) Al: But it’s like a portable obelisk or a multi-use totem. (0:11:38) Al: So yeah, you use it wherever you are and you get sent straight to your front door. (0:11:45) Al: So that has changed things significantly. (0:11:49) Al: Yeah, I mean, I’ve done most of the things. (0:11:52) Al: So I’m at now, what is it, 60% of the achievements on Steam. (0:11:59) Al: basically the only things I have left to do are, obviously. (0:12:02) Al: I’ve got one more obelisk to do, I’ve got the golden clock to get, (0:12:05) Al: which will take me quite a while because obviously it’s 10 million. (0:12:08) Al: That’s a lot of money. It’ll take me a couple of years to build up that. (0:12:10) Kev: But the turtle, though, that- (0:12:13) Al: Well, yeah, I could probably get that in a week if I wanted at this point. (0:12:20) Al: And then the only things I’ve got left to do are, there’s a few crafting recipes I haven’t used once. And I have basically not done any cooking. (0:12:30) Al: And I… (0:12:32) Al: I need… I have a lot of villagers that I have almost no hearts with. (0:12:36) Al: So if I want to get to completion, those are the things I need to do. (0:12:42) Al: The cooking and the friendship levels. (0:12:44) Al: Apparently, to get completion, you have to have cooked everything once (0:12:48) Al: and you have to have everyone at max hearts. (0:12:54) Kev: That sounds like you got the hard part stuck. (0:12:57) Al: I don’t know, I feel like that’s the hard bit. (0:13:00) Al: constantly going around and giving people (0:13:02) Al: gifts and just oh I don’t know like I well it’s just it’s so much work and it’s like you can only give them two gifts a week and I have figured out that everybody except Penny and Leia everyone except them like Jade the the gem and I’ve been hoarding a lot of Jade because I don’t know if you know this but in the desert, the desert trader. (0:13:04) Kev: Interacting with people, ugh. (0:13:30) Al: Um… (0:13:32) Al: will trade you a staircase if you give them a jade and so I’ve been I’ve got like a lot of crystalariums creating jade so that I can just take a hundred jade to the desert and get a hundred staircases and just like speed run my way down Skull Cavern to get some iridium. (0:13:51) Al: And they only take two days to do a jade so every two days I get another like 20 jade or something so I have just got like a hundred jade on me at all time to just give to anyone. (0:14:02) Al: Nobody whenever I see them but the problem is I just like doing that consistently is the annoying bit so I don’t know if I will ever if I will try and get to completion or not I haven’t decided because that bit in and of itself that and the cooking in and of itself it’s a lot of work. (0:14:21) Al: Like there’s there’s a few bits and pieces like I haven’t shipped everything yet there’s a few things I haven’t shipped but that’s like maybe 15 things I haven’t shipped right That’s probably pretty easy to do. (0:14:32) Al: That won’t take me long, like, you know, that would take me a season probably at best because you can grow anything on Ginger Island at any point. (0:14:38) Kev: Peasant crops (0:14:50) Al: And I now have the point, and now I can buy anything from Pierre at any point. (0:14:54) Al: So I can just go and buy the stuff and grow it and ship it if I care, but I’ve not decided of a care amount. (0:15:02) Al: you know so I don’t know I’m just going just now I suspect I will fall off before I get to that point like that’s a lot of work to get to that point I’m in year four now yeah I can’t it’s yeah there’s a there’s I’ve done a lot what’s my playtime on Steam let’s see my playtime so bear in mind this is my entire Steam playtime but obviously I only (0:15:32) Al: started playing on Steam when the 1.6 update come out. Is that a month ago now? (0:15:36) Al: Is that a month ago? About a month ago. That’s 124 hours. So, yeah. (0:15:46) Kev: I honestly I thought it would be longer like I was I was making 300 (0:15:49) Al: Wow, thanks. Let me check when the date was. March 19th. It’s not quite been a month. It’s not been a month yet. (0:16:02) Al: Uh. One, two, three, four. It’s not even been four. It’s four weeks on, four weeks on Tuesday. Um, so 124 by four. That’s 30, 30, 31 hours a week. I’m doing a full-time job here. Yeah. Oh man. If you could print, if you could print money from stard yard, (0:16:02) Kev: Well, there you go. See? Plenty of time to do the comp- (0:16:20) Kev: Yeah, but which one’s more pro- well, maybe not profitable. It’s satisfying, at least. (0:16:27) Kev: Which one’s the real job? (0:16:30) Al: be a millionaire. (0:16:32) Al: I have, I’m at, I’m over, what am I at now? I’m over 10 million. Yeah. 10 million total I’ve made. Um, I just. We’ll get to that foreshadowing. So I don’t think, I don’t think when I record the next episode that I’ll still be playing it, I think I’ll be in another break, but yeah, it’s, it’s been fun. I have enjoyed, I’ve enjoyed this play through. I I would highly recommend anybody who’s played… (0:16:40) Kev: That’s what’s in the .64 update. (0:17:02) Al: Stardew before to go over with a Jojo run, I do think it’s fun, a fun way to do things. (0:17:07) Kev: Nothing like crushing the local small businesses always a good time (0:17:07) Al: Yeah. (0:17:08) Al: Look, look, none of the businesses shut down and Jojo gives some jobs, like I don’t see the problem here, you know? (0:17:16) Kev: Yeah, yeah, well you’re not wrong long! (0:17:21) Al: And plus, let’s not pretend like Stardew is an anti-capitalist game, I have sold… (0:17:26) Al: I’ve made 10 million G’s, I am a capitalist. (0:17:28) Kev: Heh heh heh heh. (0:17:32) Al: If anyone is a capitalist, I wouldn’t be surprised if I was making more money than Jojo now. (0:17:36) Kev: I’m the captain of industry. (0:17:38) Al: Plus, if you don’t do the Jojo route, you can’t buy the auto petters, you have to go through Skull Cavern to get them, and that’s not fun. (0:17:47) Al: So. (0:17:49) Al: Great. (0:17:51) Al: That’s what I’ve been playing. (0:17:52) Al: Should we talk about some news? (0:17:56) Al: Alright, Chia, which is the game… (0:18:01) Kev: See ya! (0:18:02) Al: Based on New Caledonia, they have announced that they’re releasing a Switch version on the 27th of June, so if you’re waiting for the Switch version of this game, there you go. (0:18:14) Al: 27th of June. (0:18:19) Kev: Well, I forget, every time I see the trailer for that game, that is a game with a lot of stuff. (0:18:24) Al: Yes, I still haven’t played it but it’s definitely on my ‘maybe play at some point’ list because it does look like it would be good fun. (0:18:36) Al: Yeah, what’s better? (0:18:42) Al: Sunnyside have announced that they’re releasing on the 24th of May on Steam and on PlayStation and Xbox on the 10th of June. (0:18:51) Al: They just said, it’s really annoying, they said, “Steam on the 24th of May and (0:18:54) Al: consoles on 10th of July” and I was like, “What do you mean by consoles?” (0:18:57) Al: And I had to look through their video and pause on the back last thing to see that there is no switch, no switch is coming. (0:19:04) Al: They have confirmed in their replies on Twitter that it is not going to switch but there you go. (0:19:11) Kev: Of course, the Switch isn’t a real console, that’s for babies. (0:19:16) Al: Yeah, there we go. (0:19:30) Al: I don’t know what to say. (0:19:36) Al: I have a pizza planet top. (0:19:37) Al: I’m fat. (0:19:37) Al: I’m thinking, yeah, I’m wearing a pizza planet top right now. (0:19:42) Al: Yeah. (0:19:44) Al: I bought it when we, I bought it when we went to Disney and Los Angeles when I was there in February. (0:19:51) Al: I thought so. (0:19:52) Al: I thought so. (0:19:52) Al: I was like, I’m going to have to buy something. (0:19:54) Al: Let’s see what we’ve got. (0:19:54) Al: And I saw a pizza. (0:19:55) Al: And the best thing about it is it doesn’t say Disney or Toy Story on it at all. (0:20:01) Al: It’s entirely like it’s an in-universe thing. (0:20:02) Al: It’s just pizza planet. (0:20:03) Al: So those who know know and those who don’t know, yeah, I thought so. (0:20:04) Kev: Oh man, that’s the best! (0:20:06) Kev: Yeah. (0:20:08) Kev: That doesn’t have the stench of corporate brand. Just as strong. (0:20:12) Kev: But, uh… (0:20:13) Al: I mean, it is for a pizza place. (0:20:14) Kev: Yeah. (0:20:15) Al: So, you know, real ones know. (0:20:16) Kev: But, real ones. (0:20:25) Al: Spirity have announced that their Helping Hands update is out now. (0:20:31) Al: It looks like the big thing is you get more hints towards how you you’re doing things if you’re stuck so you can ask one young who is the floating cats better on a donut that goes around with you. (0:20:46) Kev: it hints are great. Actually, one of the things about cassette beasts that I really love, (0:20:46) Al: If you’re stuck, you can ask him for hints. (0:20:56) Kev: they call it rumors, where random townspeople will give you information on where to look for (0:21:04) Kev: different objectives, including monsters that you have not captured. (0:21:11) Al: nice. I would like that in Pokemon games because this is the thing the number of times that I just have to go to Serebii to figure out where this Pokemon is is dreadful. (0:21:22) Kev: Yup, I am always fervently of the belief that you should never have to. (0:21:36) Al: Stardew does that well, I mean, like it’s quicker to go to the internet for a lot of things but the secret notes and the lost books tell you literally everything about that game. (0:21:49) Al: Like the number of times I go “oh what about this thing?” and I search and it’s like “well it was in this lost book” and you’re like “oh don’t tell me I need to reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed!” (0:21:56) Kev: Alright, that’s a whole different discussion. (0:21:57) Al: Yeah, no kidding, no kidding. (0:22:06) Al: The books they’ve added in the 1.6 update in Stardew as well is quite fun, I don’t know if you’ve seen that but they give you like extra powers and stuff like that, they’re good for you. (0:22:17) Al: Bum-ba-dum-ba-dum, where are we? We are at, yeah, Spirity, you know you’ve not played Spirity have you? It was me and Johnny who did the episode. All right, cool. I don’t think this is dragging me into playing the game again, I will say. (0:22:36) Al: Bunch of extra quality for life improvements as well but I’m not going to go over them just now because they’re pretty specific to if you’ve played the game. I don’t think any of these are going to be like “oh I must play that game now” now that they’ve removed Pooh Bird near the players house that led to nowhere. Like that was the one thing that was stopping me playing that game. All right, what’s next? We’ve got Snacko. Snacko have added in their newest update. (0:23:07) Al: I’m not going to talk about version. (0:23:08) Kev: Yeah, yeah, that, uh, did long time coming and. (0:23:09) Al: In their latest update, they have added character customization, which is good. (0:23:14) Al: And we like character customization. (0:23:16) Al: This is good, good job. (0:23:19) Al: We like it. (0:23:25) Al: So if you want, if you want a pink cat with a neon yellow tail and two differently colored eyes, then you can do that. (0:23:32) Kev: That sounds rad actually oh, yeah now you’re a real gamer (0:23:36) Al: That’s the word I couldn’t remember. (0:23:41) Al: I was like, I knew it was something I couldn’t remember what it was. (0:23:54) Al: They’ve also reaffirmed that they are planning on getting 1.0 out this year. They’ve said late this year, so if I were to bet, I would be betting it’s next year, but I’m not (0:24:06) Kev: Well, I mean, they’re at 0.9.2, so, you know, how many more could there be? (0:24:10) Al: Yeah, but they started at like 0.8.3 or something, right? (0:24:18) Al: Kevin, what are you doing? (0:24:19) Al: I said I wasn’t gonna talk about the version numbers. (0:24:21) Al: Stop it. (0:24:22) Al: My time at Sandrock have announced that they’re bringing cross-platform multiplayer to the game this summer. (0:24:22) Kev: Oh, that’s good. (0:24:31) Kev: Okay, but no general that is good across the platform should be the double for everything right or the a goal for everyone (0:24:44) Al: Yeah, I’m still not playing the game. (0:24:48) Al: But a game I am playing, Stardew Valley, concerned David has announced that there is a 1.6.4 is coming out soon. (0:24:53) Kev: What version number, Al? (0:24:58) Kev: The fourth 1.6 update. (0:25:03) Al: The fifth one actually, I think. (0:25:06) Al: The numbers always start at zero, counting starts at zero, Kevin. (0:25:11) Al: And yes, there’s a new update coming. (0:25:14) Al: Uh, I wouldn’t normally mention this, but it does say there is adding some new, a few goodies as well as bug fixes. (0:25:23) Al: So it’s not just bug fixes. (0:25:24) Al: There is some other stuff coming. (0:25:26) Al: No hints. (0:25:28) Al: Well, no, no hints are hints. (0:25:30) Al: Yes, there are hints, uh, a new fishing thing and some new mining related. (0:25:36) Kev: Oh, a new fishing thing, is it gonna be, is it making it good? (0:25:41) Kev: Is that the update? (0:25:42) Al: I’ve caught all the fish by the way that’s done those legendary fish were quite a quite a struggle but I got them (0:25:45) Kev: Oh, man, oh, man. (0:25:56) Kev: Yeah, but I am curious what it is though, but there you go Just you thought you were out, but he’s concerned. It’s about to reel you back in right away (0:26:08) Al: I thought the point was I wasn’t out yet. (0:26:10) Kev: Well you said you might be out, but you’re you’re definitely not gonna (0:26:16) Al: Speaking of not being out, or being it, Monster Patch, which is the new monster collector from Sean Young, who made Littlewood, he has posted a new screenshot of the playable trainers (0:26:33) Al: for the game. And yet again, for some reason, this screenshot also includes the dead dude. So I really want to know what the deal is with this dead dude, because this is, (0:26:43) Al: I think, the third screenshot we’ve had with this guy just lying on the street dead in a pool of blood. (0:26:50) Al: » Yeah. (0:26:50) Kev: What if it’s not in the game and it’s just in all the promo or screenshots? (0:26:57) Kev: That or my arm (0:26:59) Kev: That and breakfast has this running joke where in all their patch notes. They have some mention of a character named Gus He’s a possum wielding a knife the state of him having the knife or not (0:27:11) Kev: It’s not in the game, but just (0:27:14) Kev: But anyways moons not moon star (0:27:18) Kev: Monster patch (0:27:22) Al: It’s a cool selection of playable characters. It makes it sound like it’s not customization, (0:27:26) Al: which I think I’m fine with. I don’t think every game needs to have character customization. (0:27:30) Kev: - Yeah. (0:27:34) Al: I think you need to make a decision about whether the game should have or not, and it sounds more like that you are playing that specific character rather than playing as yourself. In that sort of situation it makes sense not to have card to customization, right? (0:27:52) Al: It’s weird for RPGs where you’re like, “Oh, hey, here’s this person.” (0:27:56) Al: And it’s like, “Oh, I’m going to make this person me.” (0:27:59) Al: And it’s like, “No, no, the point is, it’s their story, not yours.” (0:28:02) Kev: Right right one interesting thing he says each trainer has a unique passive ability (0:28:10) Kev: drastically influence your playstyle that that is I think that’s actually pretty cool (0:28:14) Kev: um I don’t know what those abilities are exactly the hard mode it’s it’s the the guy with the rainbow mohawk you know the devil or (0:28:16) Al: That just means I’m gonna have to play this game 12 times, right? (0:28:26) Al: Yeah, or the one with the devil horns, maybe. (0:28:32) Al: Yeah, yeah, no, I’m I loved everything I’ve seen about this game, but I look forward to playing it. (0:28:42) Kev: Unlike the guy with the bandana, his eyes are not open. (0:28:46) Al: Or, you know, the guy in the pool of blood. (0:28:55) Al: His eyes are doing nothing. (0:28:57) Al: Finally, Moonstone Island. (0:29:01) Al: Don’t get excited. (0:29:02) Al: This isn’t a huge thing, but Moonstone Island have reminded us that it’s spring. (0:29:07) Al: It is currently spring, and that’s important because they said the Switch version was coming out in spring, 2024. (0:29:12) Kev: “Oh, is that why you’re bringing this up? I was very confused! Hahaha!” (0:29:16) Al: Spring 2024 is when the Switch version comes out, so, the game could come out on Switch anytime between now and they say June 24th. (0:29:17) Kev: “Okay.” (0:29:20) Kev: “Okay.” (0:29:28) Kev: You there you go (0:29:30) Al: Which is the definition of Spring that they use. (0:29:32) Kev: Now there you go until they have to reach for that southern hemisphere spring (0:29:40) Al: Mm. Kevin, your opinion on everything getting fish bow, fish bow. (0:29:45) Kev: Yeah, yeah (0:29:47) Kev: Yeah, oh yeah. Um, it’s pretty good at first and I heard about like a boy then I saw it. No, they look pretty good (0:29:54) Kev: The only one I’m really hoping for I (0:29:57) Kev: Hope they put (0:29:58) Kev: a whole fish bow inside a fish bow if they do that that’s it, that’s the deal it’s genius, you can’t compete (0:30:01) Al: I want them to do so what was that I can’t remember the name of it but the one that was like just a tree trunk and it’s like spinning round I want them to do that but like scale it prop scale it properly so he’s sticking out the fishbowl and spinning around inside the fish ball. (0:30:16) Kev: oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah oh gosh, log something yeah, log something yeah, that’d be a good one [Laughter] (0:30:28) Kev: Whoa, that’s good. That’s strong. I like that. That’s good. That’s good thinking out. Oh, man. I’m down for that (0:30:34) Al: Like there’s so much fun things they could do with this. (0:30:37) Kev: Yes, they could um, oh man, oh (0:30:42) Kev: Gotta give a little diver suits to the fire ones so they don’t die in the water (0:30:46) Al: Oh, I just noted that that one is the the tree trunk one is in the original tweet. (0:30:51) Kev: oh (0:30:51) Al: And it is it’s not it is to scale, but it’s quite small, but he is sticking out the fishbowl. (0:30:54) Kev: Yeah, yep, oh well, you know yeah, I did but gotta make a little (0:30:58) Al: So. (0:31:03) Al: Yeah, it’s still good. (0:31:05) Al: Still sticking out. (0:31:06) Al: Don’t worry. (0:31:07) Al: Cool. (0:31:09) Kev: there’s what now I’m just remembering moon style there’s one that’s just like a teardrop that with the face just just put the fishbowl with just that the like face just have him in there okay news (0:31:09) Al: That’s all the news. (0:31:11) Al: Oh. (0:31:22) Al: Yeah… News is finished. That is it. The news has newsed. (0:31:31) Kev: news ever until next week all right Al (0:31:34) Al: It has newsed. Hmm. Can you tell I’m tired? (0:31:40) Al: We’re going to talk about marriage candidates. So we have played between us a lot of farming games, (0:31:48) Al: of which many of them have romance. (0:31:49) Kev: have yep I’d known complainer of romance let’s see which ones I like (0:31:52) Al: And yeah, well, this is the thing, so like, I think, I mean, just to make it clear, I think we’re probably both on the same page with this, is that I don’t think that either of us dislikes the concept of romance in games full stop, but that a lot of games put it in because they feel like they need to, not because they want to, and then they don’t put in the effort into it and the character. (0:32:10) Kev: of course right right (0:32:22) Al: Characters feel flat, their dialogue feels shallow and you don’t feel like you’re actually a character in this game trying to woo this person, you feel like you’re trying to check. (0:32:35) Kev: Rigs exactly absolutely right looking at you (0:32:39) Kev: What’s what’s the one that’s not Stardew Valley though? No, no the other one the the one the names like it (0:32:42) Al: Fae Farm. Not Fae Farm, the other one. Oh, Sugardew Island. Yes! (0:32:47) Kev: with Sugardew yeah (0:32:52) Kev: Fred those waters carefully sugardew (0:32:56) Kev: But but yeah absolutely oh, you know what surprise cassette piece has romance in it (0:33:02) Kev: You can romance one of the partners if you’d like (0:33:06) Kev: Which caught me by surprise? (0:33:08) Kev: price. (0:33:10) Al: So, we’re gonna talk about what marriage candidates we have liked the most in these games. (0:33:16) Al: I have a list of three. (0:33:17) Al: I don’t know what you have, because I can’t see your list. (0:33:18) Kev: I have… I have four. (0:33:22) Al: You have four. (0:33:23) Al: Okay. (0:33:24) Al: Well, you’ll need to start then, but before we get into that… (0:33:27) Al: I guess… (0:33:28) Al: What? (0:33:28) Kev: Well, well, I was about to say I well I have three and one that you know, that’s a thing (0:33:29) Al: Sorry. (0:33:35) Kev: But we’ll get to that. Okay, let’s this let’s do the stardew one. I assume you have a stardew one (0:33:42) Kev: Okay, so that right. This is our starting point the the OG (0:33:46) Kev: What? (0:33:48) Kev: Who’s your stardew pick out? (0:33:50) Al: Well you’ve got to start because you’ve got four, otherwise you’ll do two in a row. (0:33:51) Kev: Okay, okay fine. All right. I went with Leia Leia I don’t know. (0:33:57) Al: Okay, Lea Lea doesn’t matter, we don’t have voice acting, it can be whatever you want. Lea Lea, (0:33:57) Kev: I never know how to pronounce your name. (0:33:59) Kev: Yeah. (0:34:02) Kev: Yeah. (0:34:03) Al: that’s fine. Was Lea your first marriage candidate and starred you? Okay, what drew you to her? (0:34:03) Kev: All right. (0:34:04) Kev: There you go. (0:34:05) Kev: Um. (0:34:08) Kev: So. (0:34:10) Kev: Yes. (0:34:12) Kev: Yes. (0:34:14) Kev: All right. (0:34:16) Kev: You know, like. (0:34:18) Kev: Wow. (0:34:19) Kev: It’s. (0:34:20) Kev: I feel like this is very illuminating. (0:34:24) Kev: She’s the only nice one it feels like. (0:34:24) Al: Oh no. Oh, interesting. Yeah, no, I guess she is, she is right, because like, (0:34:28) Kev: Right? (0:34:30) Al: you first meet her and she’s like, “Oh, you’re from the city, what’s it like there?” (0:34:34) Al: You know, whereas so many others are not, they’re not interested or downright mean in some cases. (0:34:39) Kev: Yep, yep (0:34:43) Kev: So, okay. Well, all right, let’s be cool. Let’s back up a second My fish pic was gonna be robbing but then the game was it all know she’s married and whatnot. I’m fine (0:34:52) Al: So you find the other the other red head then. (0:34:55) Kev: I can’t remember the second was (0:34:58) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I don’t remember the second one was but there was somebody also married I can’t remember (0:35:07) Kev: But then out of the actual eligible ones (0:35:09) Kev: I was gunning for Hailey, I recall it first But then, not only did she shoot me down at the Spring Dance But she taught me down hard, she was like “Ewwwwww” (0:35:18) Al: she she does that is like that is if if that’s your first example of stardew like 12 days in and hilly just goes oh you’re like oh my wow he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he (0:35:29) Kev: Yeah, yeah, I’m just I just kind of throw my hands up like well (0:35:40) Kev: People and then I properly met Leia and and it’s like, you know, I’m fine. You’re you’re the only decent tree on treating me decent (0:35:51) Kev: That is by and large the only thing I needed (0:35:57) Kev: That said I do like (0:35:59) Kev: Her whole art thing. I think being an artist is a cool thing. I (0:36:06) Al: I’m not sure what her sculpture is meant to be, though. (0:36:08) Kev: Did nope I don’t either and I’ve been told her that (0:36:13) Al: It’s certainly something. (0:36:15) Kev: It’s abstract Al all right (0:36:19) Al: You’re not wrong. (0:36:20) Al: It is definitely abstract. (0:36:22) Kev: What about you out who won you over you won over (0:36:24) Al: Yeah, okay. (0:36:29) Al: I think I’ve talked about this before, but my first and still favourite marriage candidate… (0:36:29) Kev: » At gunpoint, perhaps. (0:36:30) Kev: » [LAUGH] (0:36:36) Al: that inspired you is Hailey. (0:36:38) Kev: She’ll like it when she said “ew.” (0:36:40) Al: The reason why is the exact reason that you were absolutely… (0:36:46) Al: It’s the exact same reason that you decided to stop trying with her. (0:36:50) Al: I was very insulted when you first meet her, and she goes, “She’s just so dismissed above you, and then she’s mean to you.” (0:36:59) Al: And it’s like, there’s an amazing moment when you walk up to her and she’s like, “Oh, you (0:37:06) Al: got in the latest catalogue of some magazine, because dirty, muddy boots are really in fashion just now.” (0:37:10) Kev: Yeah. (0:37:10) Kev: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. (0:37:15) Al: And you’re like, “Whoa! (0:37:16) Al: Oh, what! (0:37:17) Al: What was that?” (0:37:21) Al: You’re just like, “I love a challenge, right? (0:37:24) Al: It’s a game. (0:37:25) Al: The whole point of games is to be challenged.” (0:37:28) Al: And so I was like, “Oh, this is a person who really doesn’t like me, doesn’t like (0:37:36) Al: the idea of me, and I know that I can win her around, and I just need to figure out why.” (0:37:43) Al: And actually, I found that her story progression from that to falling in love with you is actually really sweet because she realises that she doesn’t need to care, she starts off so superficial and ends up realizing that. (0:37:48) Kev: - Yeah. (0:38:06) Al: But love is much deeper than that and I thought that was really nice and that’s why I think she has the most progression of any character that I’ve… (0:38:12) Kev: It is. So, I would agree, you know, I’ve read stuff on the Wiki and stuff, and I did see several of her scenes, because I still talk to Hayley Plenty and had friendship events with her and whatnot. And I agree, I think, not even just Stardew, I think in almost any game with romance, that’s probably one of the biggest character arcs/growth of a character I’ve seen, which is pretty (0:38:42) Kev: cool. Um, yeah, no, no, I get it. Um, uh, and like I said, I went for her first, right? (0:38:49) Kev: Blondes, like, yeah, let’s be honest. Um, but, uh, you know, it is interesting to me. (0:38:56) Kev: This is very revealing about how or why we play games in general, right? Like you appreciated the challenge and absolutely I get that, right? Both in terms of a game or, or, you know, (0:39:09) Kev: a thing with relationships. (0:39:12) Kev: I like the fantasy escapism of games, and I get enough failures in the real world! (0:39:14) Al: Yeah, I’m not sure I would want that in real life. Right? Like, you know. (0:39:21) Al: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. (0:39:28) Al: Well, and that’s an interesting thing, right? Like, I wonder how much of that is, and that sounds pretty accurate, right? Because, like, I first played Stardew when I was already married for, like, 2016. I’d been married for three years at that point, you know? So I was, like, I, you know, wasn’t experiencing that in real life. So it’s not like I would be, like, it would be reminding me of experiences in life that I didn’t want to think about, (0:39:32) Kev: Yeah? Sure. (0:39:42) Kev: Okay. (0:39:52) Kev: Yeah, yeah, oh man, oh (0:39:59) Al: it was very different to that. And I certainly, you know, I didn’t have to, it’s not like I didn’t have to work to make Rona fall in love with me. Of course I did, like, these things are always work, but it’s not the same thing. She didn’t, she was always a nice person. She, you know, (0:40:05) Kev: Yeah (0:40:13) Kev: Your drought your dowry was enough (0:40:14) Al: didn’t first… Yeah, exactly, exactly. No, she, no, no, she, you know, she’s always been a nice person. And so it’s not… I think that’s interesting. Yeah. (0:40:29) Kev: It is because You know that I think this is actually really important context because i’m on the (0:40:35) Kev: Polar ops end of the spectrum like for people who haven’t fought on from things I’ve said over these i’m gonna i’m just laying it all out for you people like I (0:40:44) Kev: have never had (0:40:46) Kev: Not only a relationship i’ve never been able to get a date. Let’s i’ll be honest here like (0:40:53) Kev: Look at me people like ugh (0:40:55) Kev: um, so my (0:40:56) Al: You’re not an audio podcast, Kevin! (0:40:57) Kev: experience flesh (0:41:01) Kev: Well, I’m being open here! You wanted a relationship! (0:41:03) Al: Look at me. (0:41:05) Kev: This is it man! This is the heart of it! (0:41:07) Al: I wasn’t expecting a therapy session, but here we go. (0:41:11) Kev: Well, now you guess what! This is why romance is a thing! (0:41:13) Al: Oh, dear. (0:41:17) Kev: Like I said, escapism and fantasy! (0:41:18) Al: Oh, dear. (0:41:20) Kev: Well, let’s get it going today! (0:41:24) Kev: Alright! (0:41:29) Al: » Listeners, if you wanna date Kevin, message in, we’ll get it started. (0:41:35) Kev: So if you do, you gotta compete with some other ones! (0:41:39) Kev: Because, before Leia, (0:41:43) Kev: many moons ago for an even younger Kevin. (0:41:47) Kev: I was in middle school, actually. (0:41:50) Kev: I had interest in girls at that point, but I wasn’t dating, per se. (0:41:54) Kev: I was too young for that, for the family and whatnot. (0:41:58) Kev: But I played a game called Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life. (0:42:01) Kev: And it is there where I first met my first ever sweetheart of ever! (0:42:05) Kev: Any kind, virtual or not. (0:42:07) Kev: Celia/Cecilia in the remake. (0:42:11) Kev: She was one of three candidates. (0:42:16) Kev: There was… she is… (0:42:19) Kev: So there was the other two that I didn’t select. (0:42:21) Kev: Her name was Nami. (0:42:23) Kev: She’s the kinda tough girl. (0:42:26) Kev: More distant to Luke kinda girl. (0:42:30) Kev: There was Muffy. (0:42:35) Kev: Or Molly in the remake. (0:42:37) Kev: She was the barkeep. (0:42:40) Kev: And Molly was nice enough. (0:42:43) Kev: But again, Celia/Cecilia, she’s very sweet. (0:42:47) Kev: She works on a farm, right? (0:42:49) Kev: So she gets what you’re doing. (0:42:51) Kev: She’s very down-to-earth and sweet. (0:42:54) Kev: And really just a sweetheart. (0:42:56) Kev: And I think that’s what won me over. (0:42:58) Kev: She’s also just mechanically like the easiest to win over. (0:43:02) Kev: Um, because again, she works in a farm so she likes crops and stuff like that her gifts are easiest to get to and you probably encountered her more going to the farm to purchase supplies and whatnot but she obviously has a special place in my heart for being the the very first yeah and in the remake she’s pretty much the same thing still still wonderful person and what’s cool is when you marry her like her helping around the farm and stuff feels very natural right? (0:43:35) Kev: I think that’s a fun little element because you know sometimes your person you marry or whatever they’ll help out but you can tell you know they’re trying they get a gold star for trying right but nah she she knows what she’s doing on the farm and I think that’s pretty cool yeah all right what about you who’s (0:43:51) Al: Fair enough. (0:43:55) Al: So my number two, um, is, uh, uh, study of seasons, tree of towns. (0:44:02) Al: We have Iluca. (0:44:04) Al: Um, Iluca is, uh, one of, uh, the, um, identical twins in, if you’ve, if anybody has played the game, uh, the, um, I can’t remember. (0:44:16) Kev: Oh, oh yeah, okay. (0:44:17) Kev: She’s a winner. (0:44:18) Kev: I just Googled her up. (0:44:19) Kev: I like that. (0:44:20) Kev: All right. (0:44:21) Al: Remember, I can’t remember the name of the town because it’s been a couple of days. (0:44:26) Al: Um, there’s, uh, there’s like three try towns and the one that she’s from is like a kind of Islander style, like Pacific Islander style village. (0:44:36) Kev: Paros, oh wait, carousel. Oh, is that the name? I’m looking at the wiki here (0:44:43) Kev: Sorry, no, that’s a cafe name. Sorry. Oh (0:44:46) Al: Yeah, no, no, it’s Lulu Coco. So the interesting thing about this is so you unlock the three towns as you go. So you start off with one of them, which is like the Western US style one, and then you unlock the one that is like based on a Japanese town. And then you unlock this one, (0:44:48) Kev: Lulu Coco (0:45:00) Kev: Yeah frontier sure (0:45:08) Al: which is more kind of Pacific Islander type thing. And so if you start off this game and you (0:45:16) Al: look for your marriage candidate, you are not going to find Aluka or her sister Saluka. (0:45:21) Al: and you (0:45:22) Kev: That is a cool little (0:45:24) Kev: Little twist right because I think especially storage seasons they they very much trained you like you know You got to start looking right away, but having all these characters locked (0:45:32) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, because you want it, because it’s a lot of work, right? You got to start early. And, you know, it’s not that there was nobody else in that game that I thought would be an interesting marriage candidate, but there was no one that was like, “Oh, this is the person I must woo.” And then you unlock this third town and you’re like, “Oh, no, (0:45:37) Kev: Right yep (0:45:53) Kev: Yeah (0:45:56) Al: this is it. This is the person.” And the interesting thing is they have, obviously they are identical Oh, twins, they look- (0:46:02) Al: Almost identical, the only difference is physically are they wear different coloured clothes and they tend to have different facial expressions, but that’s because their characters are very different, their personalities are very different. (0:46:18) Al: And as you get to know them, you find that out very quickly. (0:46:23) Kev: I I take it she’s a (0:46:32) Al: uh no so it’s it’s more well no not really so it’s more like Seleucah is more um how would I describe it uh she’s kind of more kind of like sleepy I guess kind of like not she just kind of (0:46:46) Kev: Yeah. (0:46:49) Kev: Okay, she goes through life at her own pace and sometimes does nothing, per the wiki. (0:46:49) Al: takes things as she yeah yeah exactly exactly oh does that what the wiki says yeah no I think I think Iluka is much more strong-willed and has a lot more. (0:46:56) Kev: Yeah. [laughs] (0:47:02) Al: I’ll use the same words as the wiki, I guess, if that’s what you’re reading out. (0:47:13) Kev: He’s somewhat strong-willed and also has a cheerful personality. (0:47:22) Al: So yeah, I think that’s a really fun thing to do, is to have identical twins who have quite different personalities. (0:47:30) Kev: Yeah, no that that is pretty cool um that is I like that that’s very good um and also purple hair thumbs up for that (0:47:39) Al: Yeah, it’s funny that they both have purple hair, because that implies that either it is a genetic thing, in which case I’m intrigued there, or they both decided to get their hair dyed the same color. (0:47:52) Kev: Ah, yeah, both are very interesting implications. (0:47:52) Al: That seems odd to me, especially as they’re so similar in lots of other ways. (0:47:59) Al: So, yeah. (0:48:01) Al: So yeah, that’s my second one. (0:48:04) Kev: All right. (0:48:06) Kev: My third one. (0:48:07) Kev: So as much as I was not a fan of the romance in this game, (0:48:14) Kev: being present at all, really. (0:48:16) Kev: And the characters, I think, in general, were a bit flat. (0:48:22) Kev: Sarah from Moonstone Island. (0:48:26) Kev: So she is the town’s blacksmith. (0:48:31) Kev: And I think her personality stands out from a lot of other characters. (0:48:37) Kev: Not in just Moonstone Island, but across the board in these College Corps games as a character, (0:48:44) Kev: especially a female that you can romance and whatnot, right? (0:48:48) Kev: He is very, very like bubbly. (0:48:52) Kev: He is very very like bubbly and cheerful. (0:48:54) Kev: She will not necessarily go after you, she will not ask you out on dates per se, but she will openly flirt with you and what not. (0:49:04) Kev: Yeah, right from the start, yep. (0:49:04) Al: like, right from the start as well. Like, she’s so, so fast into that. You’re like, “Whoa! Calm down!” (0:49:08) Kev: Yup. (0:49:10) Kev: And so, yeah, I do think that stands out, and again, the fact is, yes. (0:49:22) Kev: But, you know, someone who gives you attention like that, I think is pretty cool. (0:49:28) Kev: And she is fun, right, because as a blacksmith, right, like not the traditional role that one might expect, and that’s kind of her story as well, like how she likes working with the medals and being tough and stuff. (0:49:42) Kev: So that is, I don’t know, I think she’s pretty cool. (0:49:44) Al: Yeah (0:49:48) Kev: She’s fun, yeah. (0:49:49) Al: Also pink hair (0:49:52) Kev: And then after… yeah, I mean, yeah, I will not, I will, I could go down a list and all their care could fall under that, but yeah, even aside from that, post, when they did the marriage update, they added more dialogue and stuff like that, so you get to experience more of her life at home and fun it is. (0:49:56) Al: Which apparently is a thing that you like so good to know (0:50:22) Kev: She loves soup, that’s, I don’t know why it’s a running thing, she loves soup. But yeah, again, that is Pharah from Moonstone Island. (0:50:29) Kev: Alright, what is numero tress for you, Al? (0:50:34) Al: My third one is a new one from Coral Island, and that is Lily. And my reason is, I think (0:50:37) Kev: Of course. (0:50:43) Al: I’m not aware of another programmer in a farming game, like a character in a farming game that is a programmer, and therefore, not that I’m aware of. I will talk, I’ll talk. (0:50:52) Kev: Wasn’t somebody in Stardew does…programming? (0:50:58) Kev: It’s–I think it’s–I’m gonna look it up. (0:51:00) Kev: Okay, you talk while I look this up, heh heh heh. (0:51:04) Al: And so, there’s just something really nice. I mean, I felt like, I mean, people are gonna say, (0:51:08) Al: “Oh, you married yourself in that game.” Like, I mean, essentially, yeah, right? Like, it’s nice to see kind of that represented. You found it. See, yeah, okay, fine. I’ve never, and this is actually, (0:51:18) Kev: Sebastian, from Stardew, is a programmer. (0:51:23) Kev: But it’s Sebastian. (0:51:26) Al: I realized like 10 minutes ago that I think we need to do another episode with people who my actually romance male characters. (0:51:34) Al: Because I think we’ve made a very clear preference in this episode. (0:51:34) Kev: Well, he- look. (0:51:38) Al: Well, I know you’ll probably have one coming up, but other than that, (0:51:43) Al: other than that, it’s quite female heavy. (0:51:44) Kev: You’re not wrong. (0:51:46) Kev: Yep, you’re not wrong, you’re not wrong. (0:51:48) Kev: It would be fun to get a reverse of this, right? (0:51:52) Kev: We’ll reach out to some people. (0:51:53) Al: Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. (0:51:54) Kev: That would be fun. (0:51:57) Al: But I think that it’s fun to see that, right? (0:52:01) Al: and not only is she a programmer. (0:52:04) Al: But she works from home, she has our own home office, so like she spends most of her time in her house, and so that kind of makes it a bit different to track. (0:52:15) Al: Most of the time when these characters are like “oh I need to go find where they are”, (0:52:18) Kev: Yeah, yeah, yeah (0:52:18) Al: literally you’re like “oh she’s at home” of course she’s at home she’s working or when she’s finished she’s relaxing she’s at home, right? (0:52:25) Kev: That’s cool (0:52:25) Al: And I think that I thought that was quite interesting and yeah yeah there we go, that’s (0:52:30) Kev: Right, yeah because So many of these characters are like or not even just the romance balloons Right, like everyone goes to the town bar because that’s the gathering point or whatever, right? (0:52:41) Kev: And then one goes to the festival. So having someone who’s much more (0:52:42) Al: Yeah. Intraverse. (0:52:48) Kev: Traverted yeah, that would be the word, right? (0:52:50) Kev: Yeah, I think that is pretty cool representation like you can kind of see that in some characters, but they don’t really act it out (0:52:58) Al: No, and they tend to be, they tend to be say like Clint, for example, in Stardew, who’s like more introverted, but you dislike him because of how he actually deals with that. (0:53:05) Kev: Yes! (0:53:08) Al: Whereas with Lily, it’s like she’s introverted and doesn’t tend to spend time with other people, but it’s not because she’s a terrible person and doesn’t know how to deal with people. (0:53:16) Al: She just prefers not to, you know, there’s a massive difference. (0:53:20) Kev: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Oh man, we should do the the anti the hate list (0:53:25) Al: I will say this, my one problem with Lily is that as with most characters in Carl Island, (0:53:25) Kev: episode at some point just thinking of clint there. Um, all right. Oh that oh (0:53:38) Al: when you marry them, they lose all their personality and they do nothing. And I really hope they’re going to fix that at some point, because it’s just such a depressing thing to remove everything from that person. You know, in Stardew, they go and still have a life after you’ve married them and they have their own little area in your head. (0:53:52) Kev: Yeah… (0:53:55) Al: And then, you know, like I was finding this because I married Emily in this one. (0:53:56) Kev: Yep. (0:54:00) Kev: Yep. (0:54:05) Al: And you, you wake up, you go talk to her and she says what she’s going to do for the day. (0:54:08) Al: Or she’s outside telling you what she’s just done, you know? (0:54:12) Al: Whereas you go up, you wake up in Coral Island, I go talk to Lily and she’s like, good morning. (0:54:17) Al: And then that’s it literally says nothing else and just stands in the bedroom the entire day.<

In this episode we examine what it's like for a couple when both people work in the same field, are both creatives, what is their life like and what makes it unique? Our Guests are a married couple in the Entertainment Business. ROBERT SIEGEL is a New York City-based show runner and filmmaker. He is the creator of the recently released Hulu limited series WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES, as well as the Emmy-nominated PAM & TOMMY  also on Hulu. On the film side, he is the writer of THE WRESTLER, for which Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei earned Academy Award nominations, as well as THE FOUNDER starring Michael Keaton. His directorial debut BIG FAN was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. From 1996 to 2003, Siegel served as editor-in-chief of the satirical publication The Onion, where he won the 1999 Thurber Prize For American Humor and edited the number-one New York Times bestselling book "Our Dumb Century".  A NYC-based performer and creator, Jen Cohn is best known for her voice work as Pharah in OVERWATCH, Lord Zash in STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC, and Ursa in AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER. She can currently be seen playing lawyer Cheryl Levine in the Hulu limited series WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES. When not doing voiceovers or acting on screen, Jen can be found at @HeyItsJenCohn, where she livestreams content devoted to personal style - plus ASK BIRD MOM, a real talk advice stream for gamers. She's a member of RUSTIC MASCARA, a virtual theater company bringing live Shakespearean performance into gaming.  All Music and Lyrics Performed in this episode by Co-Hosts and Producers, James Harrell and Ilyana Kadushin. *This interview was conducted before the WGA and Sag-Aftra Strike.  

Eccoci qui con un altro episodio del Weekly con Alessandro e Francesco! Apriamo la puntata con un articolo di Jason Schreier sul travagliato sviluppo di Redfall, il disastroso gioco prodotto da Arkane Austin (01:30). Poi parliamo di Valheim e della spinosa faccenda dei mod a pagamento (28:25). Quindi ci diamo un tono chiacchierando di intelligenze artificiali: prima del loro impiego nei videogiochi partendo da una dichiarazione al riguardo di David Gaider (creatore del mondo e della storia di Dragon Age), poi della lettera aperta al mondo che circa 300 luminari nel campo hanno scritto per invitare le autorità a prendere provvedimenti per limitare e regolamentare più strettamente gli studi su questa tecnologia (37:20). “La lista dei cattivi” si apre con un aggiornamento sullo sciopero indetto dei giocatori della lega nord-americana di League of Legends, a cui Riot ha dato una risposta tutt'altro che conciliante (01:08:00). Poi parliamo delle ultime notizie sui guai legali di Yuji Naka, che ha ammesso la sua colpevolezza nel caso di insider trading che lo vede coinvolto (01:12:10). “Baci e abbracci” è interamente dedicato al Pride Month di quest'anno (giugno 2023). Apriamo con la notizia che il cast di Overwatch 2 ha due nuovi personaggi queer: Baptiste e Pharah (01:15:50). Poi ci facciamo due risate a spese di un articolista della Fox e parliamo di come Link, il protagonista della serie Zelda, sia da tempo un'icona per la comunità trans (01:31:13). Chiudiamo segnalando il Queer Games Bundle 2023 di itch.io (01:47:20). Buon ascolto! Soundtraccia: Odd Theme - Fabio Bortolotti / Outcast Weekly - Alessandro Mucchi / Notti fotoniche - Fabio Bortolotti Vuoi darci una mano? Abbonati su Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/outcastvideo Fai acquisti su Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pGObEq Fai acquisti su Fusion Retro Books: https://fusionretrobooks.com/?ref=pzxtr4vyfzsy Usa il codice outcastlive su Epic Games Store. Compra le nostre felpe e magliette: https://outcastlive.threadless.com/ Supportaci su Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/outcast?ty=h Facci una donazione su PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=5zTLExKFny-y9zko9BL6rpYNcyN9D5vso9J9xVZA_n2CNhhdUsmWB3_OQ06I8QTke_GJdVyS019_XL2P Le fonti per i vari argomenti trattati nel podcast: Il disastro dello sviluppo di Redfall https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTY4NTYxODIzNywiZXhwIjoxNjg2MjIzMDM3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJSVktNS1VEV1gyUFMwMSIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.eeX5BYdsJhqgSi3aqDZTZUVYmm92ZItcoOCXfP7-j8Q Gli sviluppatori di Valheim contro i mod a pagamento https://www.vg247.com/velheim-devs-take-stance-against-paywalled-mods Storia e dialoghi scritti dall'IA non funzioneranno https://www.pcgamer.com/ai-generated-story-and-dialogue-is-not-going-to-work-says-dragon-age-creator-david-gaider-a-lot-of-effort-is-going-to-be-wasted-on-this/ L'IA ci porterà all'estinzione? https://www.pcgamer.com/ai-industry-begs-someone-to-please-stop-the-ai-industry-before-all-human-life-is-extinguished-by-the-ai-industry/ https://www.pcgamer.com/a-us-air-force-ai-drone-simulation-ended-with-the-drone-going-rogue-and-killing-its-simulated-human-operator-because-the-operator-wouldnt-let-it-kill-everything-it-wanted-to/ Continua lo scontro tra Riot e la LCS Player Association https://kotaku.com/riot-lol-league-legends-strike-walkout-scabs-worlds-lcs-1850489433 Yuji Naka condannato a una pena carceraria https://www.pcgamer.com/no-signs-of-remorsesonic-creator-hit-with-2-and-a-half-years-in-prison-and-over-dollar1-million-in-fines-after-insider-trading-trial/ Overwatch 2 celebra il Pride Month https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-baptiste-bisexual-pride-event-lifeweaver-1850493499 Link è un'icona trans https://kotaku.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-link-fox-news-trans-nonbinary-gay-1850502197 https://gizmodo.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-link-trans-1850430832 Queer Games Bundle 2023 https://itch.io/b/1812/queer-games-bundle-2023

Our resident host Grace Sanders caught up with the amazing NYC-based actress, Jen Cohn (Overwatch 2, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Welcome to Chippendales).    Jen portrays ‘Pharah' in the Overwatch franchise. In addition to voicing ‘Ursa' from the fan-favorite Nickelodeon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” and ‘Lord Zash' from “Star Wars: The Old Republic.”   Combining her love for the gaming community with her eye for fashion, Jen started streaming on Twitch interviewing fellow voice actors, highlighting independent designers from all around the world, and styling gamers live on stream.    Jen is all about creative self-expression. She has worked in the world of fashion for over a decade as a trend scout, consultant, and fashion interviewer at both NY and Paris Fashion Week.   Jen's Twitch streams offered something for fans so unique that Meta took notice and partnered up her to create The Metastyle Podcast (launching in January 2023), a show where Jentalks personal style, creativity and self-expression in the Metaverse. You can listen to the Podcast trailer here.    Fans can also catch her in the new Hulu series “Welcome to Chippendales”. You can check out the trailer for “Welcome to Chippendales” here! Series Overview: A sprawling true-crime sage, “Welcome to Chippendales” tells the outrageous story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian immigrant who became the unlikely founder of the world's greatest male-stripping empire – and let nothing stand in his way in the process.     

Jen Cohn Chats Welcome To Chippendales Streaming Now On Hulu TV!  Jen Cohn is an American actress and producer, and the voice of Pharah in Overwatch. Jen is accredited in 19 roles as an actress and 2 as a producer. Besides Overwatch, she has done work for other games like World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Red Dead Redemption, and Grand Theft Auto. Connect with us on our website for more amazing conversations!  www.brettallanshow.com  Got some feedback? Let us know! openmicguest@gmail.com  Follow us on social media! IG https://www.instagram.com/brettallanshow/ FB https://www.facebook.com/thebrettallanshow/ Twitter https://twitter.com/brettallanshow Consider giving us a kind rating and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1486122533?mt=2&ls=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to part 1 of this 2 part interview with Mid East Bomb Squad Recording Artists, J Biggz and Pharah Phitted as we discuss the backstory to their new single "GIVE US FREE" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/OnMyGrindRadio/support

Listen to part 2 of this 2 part interview with Mid East Bomb Squad Recording Artists, J Biggz and Pharah Phitted as we discuss the backstory to their new single "GIVE US FREE" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/OnMyGrindRadio/support

This is not a joke but I was going to grab my Funko Pop Pharah to take a photo for the episode art and it was literally covered in cobwebs and we all decided it was a bit too on-the-nose so I cleaned it off instead.Overwatch 2 Is Asking Too Much Of Me: https://www.wavelengths.online/overwatch-2-launch-nightmare/Discussed: NieR: Automata - The End of YoRHa Edition, Dragon Quest X Offline, Overwatch 2, Storyteller, Rhythm Quest, Gunbrella, Dredge, Doom (2016), Resident Evil---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineJoin the Discord: https://theworstgarbage.onlineFollow Stephen Hilger: https://twitter.com/StephenHilgerFollow Brendon Bigley: https://twitter.com/brendonbigley---Produced by AJ Fillari: https://twitter.com/ajfillariSeason 5 Cover Art by Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/---Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecastThanks to all of our amazing patrons! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.7 But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them.8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Listen as we discuss the growth and talents of Pittsburgh based recording artist, Pharah Phitted as she takes us on her journey through her music career. Make sure you listen to her new single' "MOOD" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/OnMyGrindRadio/support

Host Isaac The Sixth & Co host and Dj Jso Guapo Interview NJ female rap artist Pharah Phitted & Then a Dj Jso honors the fallen with a music mix of artists we'll miss...Start your own podcast today using our link and Get $20 Amazon gift card just for joining the Buzzsprout family. https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1405117 Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/themic1065)

False fan theories you need to stop believing! Jules Gill presents 10 Video Game Fan Theories Debunked By The Creators...ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@Retr0J@WCultureGamingCheck out our YouTube channel: youtube.com/whatculturegamingFor even more awesome content, check out: whatculture.com/gaming See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A deep discussion Pharah Phitted @iamkekenova @dj_waffles @digiwaxx

Player for Cloud9 - https://www.cloud9.gg/players/joseph-winkler/ (August 2018 as a Pro Fortnite player) “ top 500 Overwatch, Ranked #1 on Pharah for a time, and was a 3 time national 3-meter springboard diver. He credits his family for their support in doing what he loves with gaming.” Known as the guy who does backflips (TwitchCon 2018) Live streamed from the hospital, apparently after knee surgery.

Day 10 of @BadGamerElite's 10 week Overwatch Devotional series. It's not officially endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment but it's a fun ride. This week, we chat about Pharah and what it means to be a protector.2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.Sponsored by lifepromotions.org

This emergency episode was made quickly during a time of uprising following the killing of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and countless other African Americans by police.We begin with Juanita and Henry Szczepanski reading their poems "Why?" and “Black Lives Matter.” Wife and husband, inter-racial couple, disabled older Americans stuck at home during COVID-19 -- they are ever more dependent on the digital, each other, and the art and conversation they can make together. Their poems are as different as those written by two partners can be. A conversation ensues. They agree; they disagree. In so doing, they give permission to witness the honest playing out of another of my HardTruths, Number 74: “stay open to contradictions and power #offline.” .........................Join us in the change!Read or respond to a poem or hardtruth found at the online primer of digital media literacy, #100hardtruths-#fakenews or fakenews-poetry.org.Organize your own Fake News Poetry Workshop.Reach out with questions or content @ 100hardtruths@gmail.com.Twitter: @100HardTruthsInstagram: #100HardTruthsYouTube: 100 Hard Truths#BlackLivesMatter#BlackDisabledLivesMatterSee other collaborations here: Juanita and Alex, essay, "Knowing Each Other Through AIDS Video"; Juanita and her grandaughter, Pharah make a poetry video; Alex's CUNY graduate students and Juanita's daughter, Jahanara, make public art about youth and homophobia See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Snoopeh is joined by Valkia. A Full-Time Twitch streamer with over 300,000 followers, you may know him for making great Overwatch content as a Pharah main. There’s a lot to be learned from this episode, especially around self-belief. We cover how he got his foot in the door of the industry working with streamers which allowed him to take the leap to become a streamer himself.

Heb 11:26-28. Moses is an example of a man who lived by faith. He faced Pharah and eventually brought God’s people out of Egypt and endured by seeing Him who was invisible. What does that mean for us? How can we endure? How can we see the invisible God?

This week Andres and Rob are back to talk all about the new hero pools going on in ranked that Blizzard has adjusted! Also we have some more updates on toning down Echo on the PTR as well! We are going to chat about some other miscellaneous things in our games as well! GAME NIGHT: 4/24/2020 WEBSITE: http://www.omniclab.com/links PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/omniclab DISCORD INVITE: https://discord.gg/vZ26JX4 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4PNaj8fM0j5pdIaGEDrPPJ Shownotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ntOMEyKiRGuoO87wbXtyAwgnPNgblmSn_9l1TzzKpKw/edit?usp=sharing  PARTNERS: Humble Bundle Monthly Affiliate: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab April L, Shazear, & Cypher Rob: twitter.com/notrob, twitch.tv/notrobmay Andres: twitter.com/iplaigames https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamestv

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Voice actor Jen Cohn sits down with NW NERD to discuss how she got the role of Pharah on Overwatch, how she likes her coffee (it's complicated), and who she credits with influencing her personality. That, and a lot more.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/nwnerd)

In episode 100 ( Season 2, Episode 50) I interviewed Cosplayer Rekishi Hentai. We talk about how she first got into cosplay and some of her cosplays including: Chel from The Road to El Dorado) , Erina and Ikumi Mito from Food Wars, Trunks from Dragonball Z, Cho Cho from Boruto, Bowsette, and Pharah from Overwatch. We also talk about the lewd side of cosplay and some of the characters she has done in that realm. Finally we talk talk about what advice she has for people who want to get into cosplay.

Join Totemlydrunk and Spyder on Episode 72 of Overwatch League Network. Tonight the hosts discuss the latest in Overwatch League, look at whose stock is up/down after last week's games, debate what is fact or fiction following Stage 1 Week 5, and get you primed for the Stage 1 playoffs! We would love to hear your feedback. Feel free to shoot us a message via email, discord, or twitter. Thanks again for tuning in!   Join us on Discord: https://discord.me/owlnshow  Around The League Nanzer confirms home cities in 2020 Hangzhou Spark academy team unveiled Guangzhou academy announced Top selling jerseys Justice acquire ArK   Stock Up, Stock Down Up: Ado (Totem), Jinmu/Ameng (Spyder) Down: Whoever draws NYXL (Totem), Florida Mayhem (Spyder)   Fact or Fiction? Jinmu’s Pharah looks stronger due to the lack of DPS counters in the current meta? Dynasty snapping their losing streak against Spitfire is just as important as securing their first playoff spot? There were no winners in the Florida Mayhem vs Washington Justice match? Paris will actually look better in the next meta compared to 3-3?   Deep Dive: Boston Uprising vs Dallas Fuel   Main Discussion Stage 1 Playoffs Primer What's the deal with seedings? Shock/Dynasty and Defiant/Fusion tiebreaker details. The "Philly" factor Finals predictions   Closing Notes Reviews Show some support for the show by giving us a review over on iTunes or your podcasting app of choice. Any feedback or constructive criticism is always welcomed. It’ll offer us insight and how we can make for a better listening experience for you.   OVERWATCH RECALL You can find a listing of several Overwatch, Overwatch League, and Path to Pro podcasts over on our website at http://owlnshow.com/owrecall. Episodic listings are released every Sunday. Be sure to follow Overwatch Recall on twitter @owrecall    SUPPORT US VIA PATREON  We have created a Patreon page for everyone out there who would like to support our Overwatch podcast network and help it grow and get better. We're offering 4 different tiers starting at $1. Learn more by visiting http://patreon.com/owlnetwork   OWL NETWORK FANTASY LEAGUES OWL Network Unlimited Draft - https://highnoon.gg/#/LeagueUnlimited/OdaS3RZ3VF7cTOMRan5r OWL Network Pick'Em - https://highnoon.gg/#/LeaguePickem/uEgn4noY55wAonrfouBt    Where can you find us?   Email the show at contact@owlnshow.com Twitter/Instagram: @owlnshow Website: www.owlnshow.com YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/c/OverwatchLeagueNetwork Discord: https://discord.me/owlnshow  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/owlnetwork Twitch: https://twitch.tv/owlnshow  - We are a Twitch affiliate now. You can show your support for our network by subscribing to the channel! Overwatch League Network Mondays 7PM PT OWL By The Numbers Tuesdays 6PM PT  Heroes Never Die (Variety Overwatch) Wednesdays 5PM PT Host streams Thursdays/Fridays 7:30PM PT    Totemlydrunk Twitter @totemlydrunkctr Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/totemlydrunk Slambo Twitter @Slamboverwatch Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/slambo Spyder Twitter @spydergd Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/spydergd

This week on Good Game Well Played Mercedez (Rids) and Lindsey (Turbomuffin) take a deep look at Season 2, Stage 1, Week 2 of Overwatch League and the first ever win of the Shanghai Dragons. Join us as we discuss matches, play of the games, and pick this weeks MVP. Be sure to follow us on twitter @ggwppodcast and email us your thoughts and predictions at pod.ggwp@gmail.com Also join us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ggwppod/ for discussions and post your highlights and game plays!

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In this Noclip Podcast Story we talk to indie developer Rami Ismail about the representation of Arabs and Islamic culture in video games and discuss the steps developers can take to buck the stereotypes. 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As a kid growing up in Ireland, I can attest to the power of seeing your culture represented in a piece of global media. I remember the joy of hearing Atlas' Irish accent in BioShock, or that of Shay Patrick Cormac in Assassin's Creed Rogue. The flip side of this, of course, are the stereotypes, the drunken Irish louts and the mercenary terrorists that represented Irish people in films, games and literature throughout my childhood. Thankfully these days those associations are considered lazy writing, but sadly not every group of people are afforded such creative understanding. A few months ago I came across an interesting Twitter thread involving indie developer Rami Ismail. In it he describes how contemporary games still seem to struggle with the basics of writing Arabic, resulting in, at best, a horrific break of immersion as words are written backwards or with letters unconnected, and at worst an insulting disregard for a language spoken by over 400 million people. Rami understands this from both a cultural and developer perspective. As co-founder of Vlambeer, he has worked on numerous successful indie titles including Nuclear Throne, Ridiculous Fishing, Super Crate Box, and Luftrausers. How is it that films and games still manage to get so much wrong when it comes to depicting Arabs, muslims, or Islamic culture? There's a lot to talk about here. How media reflects our stereotypes, how fiction reflects the world as we see it and not really how it is, and even how code itself can contain racial biases. To get to the bottom of it all, I called Rami up on Skype to talk about how Islam and Arabs are portrayed in games, and the steps that developers can make to make games more accurate and to buck troubling stereotypes. - [Rami] Yeah, so I'm Rami Ismail, I'm a Dutch Egyptian game developer. I spend a lot of my time traveling around the world working with game developers everywhere to advance the games industry in their respective countries, and in doing that I've gotten to learn a lot about the cultural impact of games and the way games reflect on culture and represent culture. And that's always sort of been an interesting story on my life, I grew up as a child of a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father, which are two quite divergent cultures to grow up between. So I've always felt a little bit of a third culture kid. And I started traveling around the world, started meeting other developers and started to learn about this games industry. And it was really only then that I really realized just how much media shapes your view of the world. Because despite being Egyptian, I've kind of internalized that Arabs are the bad guys in a lot of media. And that that is fine, for some reason. And then when I started traveling and I started to look around the world and realizing that, it actually isn't fine that I started seeing just how ubiquitous this is, this idea of like, you know, that our people are the good people and the other people are the bad people. And as soon as I started looking at it through that lens, I obviously was a little shocked because I went back to games that I loved in my childhood and just started looking at the representation of Arabs, games as old as like the arcade title Metal Slug, which is what, 20, 25 years old by now? And just realizing that we've kind of been the bad guys in media all along. And obviously it shifted, there's been a period of times where there's Nazis, periods of time where it's the Russians or the Soviets, other periods of time where it's the South Americans, but it's never, it's never the Western world. And then you start looking around and you start thinking, like, okay, well what do I know about my Egyptian family, what do I know about my Egyptian friends, like how do they feel about it? And it just kinda internalizes, you just kinda get used to this idea of, well, I guess we're the bad guys. It's weird knowing that kids in the Middle East and kids around the world are growing up with this idea of oh, yeah, we're the bad guy, like, we're supposed to shoot us, right, like shoot people that look like my parents. - [Danny] That's interesting to me, because obviously you grew up in a sort of, in the Netherlands, I'm assuming, especially because it's English speaking, stuff is so prevalent, there's probably a lot more sort of American and British media shown there than perhaps in a lot of other European countries. But you're even saying like relatives of yours that grew up in the Middle East, it's the same thing? - Yeah, no, when you think about it, Hollywood and the games industry, they are Western media. And in many ways they represent a Western view of what is right and wrong, what is morally acceptable, what is morally unacceptable, who is good and who is evil. And a lot of that media still makes it across, like the movies that people watch in the Arab world, they're not different movies. Yes there's obviously Arab cinema, but that doesn't exclude Western cinema from being played there, like they watch the same Avengers movies. And yes, sometimes there's modification, sometimes certain ideas about what is acceptable in a cinema, make changes to a movie. When I was a kid I would watch movies in Arab cinema and miss plot points because those plot points happened during, what's the polite way of saying it, like a romantic scene in a movie that contained too much nudity for Arab audiences in those days. Like the movies were edited for content, but in essence, they were the same movies, and nobody really cut out Arabs being blown up in a movie. That was acceptable. The same double standard we have in the West, violence is okay and sexuality is very much not. That same standard exists in the Arab world. So they're not that dissimilar, and they're consuming a lot of the same media, which means that they're also accepting a lot of the same messaging, and that's, you know, a little concerning. - [Danny] The sort of pastiche of the Arab terrorist which persisted in the 90s, is it fair to say that that sort of, turned a little bit more evil, or had a more, I don't know, like, spiteful edge to it in a post 9/11 sort of media landscape? - [Rami] Yeah, absolutely, and I think it's also just a more common trope now. I mean, every era has, every part of the Western era has its prevalent enemy culture, right, and for a while after 9/11 that was considered the extremist muslims. Which, you know, muslims are all over the world, they're one of the largest demographics on the planet. They live as far as Indonesia all the way down to central Africa. There's muslim countries everywhere, but really instead of doing muslim extremists, a lot of people just default it to Arab. And they're not very good at that, either. Like, if you look in movies, if you look in games, if you look in media at large, what is Arab is often conflated and mixed up. A lot of times Persian cultures that don't speak Arabic get represented, they use elements from those cultures to represent Arabs even though they are not necessarily Arabs. Not all muslims are Arabs, not all Arabs are muslim. But for ease of stereotyping they get represented that way, similar to how, and I've started, me and friends have started to call this Arabistan, this sort of like fictional Arab country in which everybody lives in a little desert village that is dusty, with small stone houses, and everybody, all the women are very thickly veiled, and all the guys are in the back of Jeeps with AK 47s with like beards and turbans, like that country does not exist. There is no place like that, and like, you will see a television series that will say like, Beirut, and show that, while Beirut in reality is like this huge metropolitan city that if you would take a photo of an average street you wouldn't be able to tell it apart from London, or any other major city. But that's not what people are selling. What they're selling, what these series are selling, is confirmation of a stereotype. People think that that's what the Arab world looks like, so if you do a scene in Beirut and it looks like a city, people won't believe it. So in a way, it's keeping itself, it's self-perpetuating. - [Danny] This speaks to something that happens probably to every foreign culture when they're viewed in the media, but there's something about this specific sort of laziness, I feel like, when it comes to the Middle East in particular, considering probably especially that it is such a melting pot of different types of culture and ethnicity and everything else, and that that happened. Like I remember, I could imagine getting frustrated about people now knowing where Ireland is, right, like American's don't know where Ireland is, but that's not really that big a deal. Or the Aurora Borealis was in Street Fighter 3 when they were in England, and I remember thinking, what the fuck's that about, that's ridiculous. But why is there such, like, painting with a broad brush is sort of something that happens a lot, but it does seem like the brush is much broader when it comes to the Middle East. Why do you think that is, do you think it's because people know that the audience is kind of not clued in, or that they think that a Western audience doesn't really care, and they don't really care about the audience that might actually be from that place? - [Rami] Yeah, I think it's mostly the second thing. There's no, for a lot of Western media, there's no particular appeal in appealing to Arab audiences. Even though the Middle East is one of the fastest developing regions in the world, and it's not a poor region, it's a relatively rich region as well. Only recently have people started to look at the region as like an actual place of people. And it's sad that this has to be an economical function rather than like a moral function that people would just get it right, because if you make a movie that includes a certain culture you should represent it well. But being Dutch, like, I know the Netherlands gets represented as speaking German in movies very frequently, like, that's just a thing, right? Scenes that are supposed to be in Amsterdam are shot in like, Berlin. And in the Netherlands that's common, but the thing is, that's not, it's not a misrepresentation of who the people are as a people, it's just the wrong place. They're still represented as positive, friendly, kind of European, you know, kind of quaint people. Which, fair enough for the Netherlands, I can see how that works, but for Arabs, who are often stereotyped as aggressives, as angry, as evil, as plotting and scheming. As a game developer, I love the medium of video games. But if I have to name you like five Arab protagonist characters, or not even active protagonist, not a player character, not like a main protagonist, but even a fellow protagonist or a secondary character, I could maybe name you two? Just off the top of my head. And I've researched this, obviously, right, there's just not a lot of characters like that. I remember playing Call of Duty Advanced Warfare, and there was a scene in that where you're in Cairo, like future Cairo, and there's a rebellion that is fighting alongside you, and I was just, I was so excited that these Egyptians, these fellow countrymen of mine, were fighting on the good side. I was elated, I was so happy that this was a scene in the game and then obviously they betray you later on, because no Arab can be trustworthy in a video game, apparently. And it just broke my heart. It's one of those moments where you're like, even that moment of like, oh, these people are fine, they're also fighting for good. It just wasn't a thing, like that, they had to betray you for that character to make sense to the writers or to the developers or the creators. And it's incredibly sad when you think of that in that that is the message that's being perpetuated, while at the same time a lot of movies, TV series, games, don't even take the time to get the language right. Or to take the environment right. To place cities in the right countries, or to even make them somewhat believable. There's just an incredible laziness to which Arabs are used as antagonists that is somewhat similar to how a lot of old movies used Nazis as antagonists. And honestly, when it comes to Nazis, you know, fair enough. The Nazi Reich did horrible things, and their ideology as a group, which was not a huge group, but as a group, was evil. And I think we all agree about that, and there's no real discussion about it. But you can't really say that about Arabs. The difference between a Lebanese person who is, the Lebanese tend to be very Western, very progressive, very Western-focused, and very modern in that regard. And somebody in Saudi Arabia which is more strict, more Islamic, more muslim-focused, they're both Arabs. But there's no consistent evil Arabs there, like, they're not Nazis. - [Danny] So do you think that media sort of, as the years progressed and Nazis became less and less relevant that there was a sort of a Nazi-shaped hole left in, I guess, tropes, and then essentially Middle Eastern people just kinda filled it? - [Rami] Well yeah, that and the soviets, right? Like it was the Russians or the Arabs, and then eventually the Russians weren't that scary anymore because they haven't really caused war for a long time. So for a while they tried the Chinese, but China controls a lot of media nowadays as well, so that doesn't really fly either. So the Arabs are left, the Arabs don't have a lot of influence on the world stage, there have been incidents and wars in the region, often not caused by the people there, but wars that happened to them, but regardless, war. There is absolutely an extremist part of the Arab world or the muslim world. And yes, there has been terrorism in the region, absolutely, but when you think about it, most of the victims of that type of terrorism have been people that live there. They live under terrorist groups or in terrorist territory, and the people most affected are the local people there. And they're also Arab. Sometimes also muslim. So when you think about it, the media needs a bogey man. It needs an evil that we can all agree on is evil, and the thing is, for Arabs, it doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's the most visceral thing that can represent evil to a lot of people, and part of that is self-perpetuating. Part of that started with 9/11, but then as things went, as things changed, it never corrected to being a truthful representation of the world. And instead we're still watching TV series in which Beirut is a sandy village full with people with AK 47s. - [Danny] When you think about the games that sort of stand out from this awful stereotype, the games that sort of maybe didn't get everything right, but did something right, what are some examples that you have? What comes to mind for me as somebody who, I've barely been to the Middle East, I've only ever been to various cities in the Emirates, which is its own culture as well. But to me, the only one that sort of struck any sort of a chord seems to be the first Assassin's Creed game, although that was largely in sort of Christian, Israeli areas. But what are the ones, is that a good example, or is that an example that through my Western eyes looks accurate, but actually through more accurate eyes is not? - [Rami] Well I mean obviously Altair, who was the main character of Assassin's Creed, like I remember playing that game and just realizing that my Arab was useful here. Understanding Arab made a difference because Al Mualim, which is one of the main characters in the game, just means the wise one. Like Altair means the flying one, and Altair Ibn-La'Ahad which was the full name of the main character in that game means Altair the son of no one. I understand these things before the game would explain them and it was a phenomenal feeling, it was great. Just realizing that this part of my culture, even though it wasn't Egyptian, per se, but part of the Lavantian region, that this was taken seriously, was incredible. Also Assassin's Creed Origins, the most recent version of the game, is technically about Ancient Egypt, but like most Assassin's Creed games, there is a contemporary element to the games, and in this case it takes place in Egypt with an Egyptian main character. And she is a phenomenal character, westernized, but a modern, westernized but clearly of Arab heritage person. There's a moment where she curses in the game and she does it in Egyptian, and like in the right accent, with the right tone, with the right Egyptian, like, words, and it feels very, it felt very nice, it felt like a little wink to the people that are Egyptian or Arab that would recognize that. Deus Ex Human Revolution had a female Arab character in the game, and she wasn't the protagonist, but she was a trustworthy, reliable person. Call of Duty Infinite Warfare had a Lebanese soldier that she, as well, was a dependable, trustworthy person that plays a major role in the story. Overwatch has two Arab characters that are actually really good, Pharah and Ana, and both of them are fully realized Egyptian characters, as well. But the amount of times you actually take control of a fully Arab kind of contemporary person, I don't think I could name you any, at the moment. - [Danny] Where do you think the impetus is to getting this stuff right? Is it a mixture of more Arab people being involved in development, or is it the fear that Rami Ismail will get on Twitter and start giving out to people, or is it the developing audience within that marketplace, or is it just that games generally are being held to a higher cultural standard than they were 15 years ago, what do you think? - [Rami] I think it's a little bit of all of it. I don't think my Twitter is that big of a deal in the whole but, obviously people giving attention to an issue or pointing out that something is an issue makes people look at it and reconsider just how sloppily this is handled. And when I say sloppily, that's not an exaggeration. Again, in many games, Arabic is a beautiful script written from right to left, it's cursive, so all the letters are connected. The amount of games in which, or even movies, movies like Captain America Civil War, or games like Battlefield, these giant titles, often just get Arabic wrong. It's not written properly, it's the right words written backwards with no letters connected. Something that any Arab, if any Arab had looked at these scenes or these moments in these media expressions, they would've immediately said, well that's wrong, we should fix it. But that doesn't happen because the representation of these people, the attendance of these people in the creative process is just very low at the moment, we're not represented well because we're not. We don't have access to these creative processes very often, and that's changing. In the last few years there's been an increasing amount of Arabs that have joined the games industry or that have gotten in positions of more influence in the games industry. At the same time, the market in the Middle East is growing. Where a decade ago, two decades ago, a lot of games that you would buy in the region, because of the economical differences between the West and Egypt, would be pirated copies. You would go to a store, you would buy a pirated version of FIFA 2001, and it would come pre-installed with a crack that would allow you to play this pirated copy on the disk. But now that the economy is sort of shifting and the world is globalizing, a lot of Arab countries also just buy legal games. The digital revolution obviously helped a lot there. So people have way broader access to games now than ever before, and it also means that the market there has grown. And then finally, like you said, I think games are being held to higher cultural standards, too, I think as the medium is maturing and as games are becoming a broader and broader part of the global conversation, of the global awareness, of the global consciousness, not just the creators feel an increased responsibility to represent the world well or even their fictional worlds well, to not take shortcuts when they can avoid it and to not take harmful shortcuts under any circumstance. At the same time, the audiences are more critical of the media they consume, and they're not as happy to just be like yeah, of course, Arabs are the bad guys, clearly. Evil that is just evil is less and less accepted in our media, and if there is somebody evil we like to have a justification, like why is our protagonist fighting this person, what brought this person to be that. You see that in big blockbuster movies like Avengers Infinity War in which the antagonist is basically the main character in the movie. But you also see it in some of the stereotypes in other places where even if you are an Arab that doesn't make you evil, there's a separate thing, a separate like, inciting incident that puts the character on a certain trajectory. That makes me hopeful, because that's honestly a way more true version of the world. People aren't evil because they are of a certain race or heritage, or country, or ideology, they do bad things because they believe that is the best course of action for them or their family or their life, or their people. That holds true for honestly most things in the world. People are not evil because they're Arab. They might be evil despite being Arab. Most Arabs I know are, pretty much all Arabs I know, honestly, are tremendous, welcoming, warm, hospitable people that you meet them and they will invite you for dinner the same day. - [Danny] This reminds me a little bit of when I was talking to CD Projekt about how so many of the games that were coming from, I guess across the Iron Curtain, at that stage and then later once they'd joined, or once the wall had fallen down, that there was a big sort of culture of localization happening there along with that pirate scene. Is there any sense of that at all in the Middle East that like, some of these big blockbuster games are getting some kind of localization treatment? - Yeah, no, it makes a huge difference. Until recently, the three games that were ever translated in to Arab were FIFA Pro Evolution Soccer, and for some reason, WALL-E. I have no reason why WALL-E, but WALL-E had Arab localization. But more recently, a lot more games have had Arab localization, and it's frequently not Arab voice acting, that's still pretty rare, but a lot of games at least have Arab menus, they have menus that are displayed properly from the right to the left instead of the left to the right, like they invert their UI. The Division had that, I think Horizon Zero Dawn had Arabic. A lot of blockbusters are starting to take the market seriously which means that in return, the markets are taking these games as products made for them instead of things you just download from the internet illegally because it's not for you anyway. And that's honestly, it marks a huge shift. It's an important moment, I think, that a lot of these major platforms and a lot of these creators are realizing that there are people out there that are interested in their media. All they need is just to feel like they are respected even the tiniest bit, and they're, instead of being, instead of the bullet point on the game that refers to Arabs being, well now if you blow up the car, the Arab guy that's next to it will fly away with more spectacular rag dolls. Like, instead of that, saying hey, we see you as a people, we see you as a person, and we think you deserve the same level of respect and attention, the localization, the culturalization, that all of these other cultures have. And that, you know, it just means, even though nobody will consciously be able to put into words that difference, it is huge, it is night and day. - [Danny] As somebody who understands games production, what are the ways in which this sort of gets solved? Is it just a case of having more Arab people on staff, is it a case of, I don't know. Is this something that just takes time or is there some more immediate way that like, 'cause we have a lot of developers that listen to our stuff as well. Is there any best cases or any stuff that can help fix this issue? - [Rami] Obviously if you're gonna represent Arabic culture, you have to think very careful about what Arabic culture means. Because Egyptian culture is extraordinarily different from the culture in, say, Saudi Arabia, which is different from the culture in Lebanon which is different from the culture in Syria which is different from the, like, every one of these countries is its own culture, the same way you wouldn't get away with representing California as, say, Montana, or you wouldn't get away with representing London as Dublin. They are different cultures. Even though they have a lot in common, they sometimes speak the same language, they might have accents. Thinking of Arabs as one thing is already a problem, the same way thinking of Arabic as one language is incorrect. The easiest way to get that right is obviously if you're doing something in the Arabic world, have Arabs look at it, have Arabs confirm it, and don't just have them confirm it at the start, but have them confirm it at every stage through the process. The main reason for that is that computers are actually terrible at Arabic, they're devices made to deal with the English language. Which is written from left to right as individual characters while Arabic is written right to left as a cursive script, so the letters have to be connected. Computers were never built to do that. No computer was ever built to deal with a cursive script or a script that is connected. So the way Arabic works in computers is technically kind of a hack, and until 2017 even Word, Excel and PowerPoint didn't properly support Arabic, that is a relatively recent addition to the Office suite of programs is proper Arabic support. Which means that, until 2017, if you copy/pasted an Arabic sentence from Word to PowerPoint, it would break. - [Danny] That seems incredible in 2017 for that to be an issue. - [Rami] Yeah, this was like a big update, Arabic support in Office. But that is still true for a lot of software, that Arabic breaks, and one of the pieces of software is a commonly used creative tool, Photoshop. Which still does not support Arabic properly. So in a game production or a movie production, often what will happen is they will have English text, they will ask for it to be translated, the translation company will send back the translated file, and then the artists or the creatives that work with it copy paste from that file to their programs or software or whatever they're using, and then it breaks, but they don't notice, because they don't understand the language. So they don't notice that the text is broken or inverted, or that the letters are no longer connected, because as far as they're aware, copy paste always works. So having Arabs involved in every step of this process, and not just Arabs, preferably Arabs from the region you're representing, is a huge difference. Then the second thing is like, obviously the Arab region is full of mythology and history and culture, music, art, stuff like that, and it's very easy to base a fictional culture on that. If you do that, it might be worthwhile trying to think of anything more interesting than it is a place with sand in which everything is terrible. Overwatch did a really beautiful map of, I forgot which country it was, I think Iraq, and in that map it's displayed as this beautiful city full of like green and glass tall towers, and this positive view of the future. And you know, just that, just the representation as something else than a forgotten part of the world would mean a lot. So when people think of creating a space, a fictional or realistic space in the Arab world, make sure they involve Arabs. Try to think of anything but, this is where the terrorists live. And try to think of it as like a place that has aspirations, hopes, that is trying to, given a lot of the messed up history there, whether it's messed up from colonialism or messed up from invasions, or messed up from war or messed up from corruption or political problems, whatever the reason is, a lot of these territories have issues that they're desperately trying to fix, they have a youth that is so hopeful for the future, that wants things to be better, that is willing to, you know, go on the streets and protest, to cause revolutions, to try and make the world better. Back them up. Give them something to believe in, give them a future to believe in, and make them feel heard, make them feel valuable. If anything, isn't that what games and media should be about? Showing us a mirror of the world that sometimes shows us what is bad, but also sometimes shows us what is good. Like there's an entire people out there that the only mirror they've ever had shows them as terrorists, and that's incredibly sad to me. - [Danny] Thanks so much for listening to this episode of the noclip podcast. If you don't already, you can follow Rami on Twitter @tha_rami, that's T-H-A underscore R-A-M-I. Thanks so much to him for taking the time to talk to us, I believe he took the call from a hallway of a games convention in, I wanna say it was Croatia. It was a few months ago now, so I can't quite remember. I'd also like to wish you a happy new year, and tell you that we're actually going to be changing the format of this podcast quite a bit in 2019. As you can probably tell from this episode, I'm stripping out some of the more time-intensive editing techniques that I used in previous episodes to basically try and get more of these out there. In fact, instead of this being a sort of edited, curated type of show, we're gonna do it more conversational. More like a lot of podcasts out there, but instead of it being a collection of people who talk every week, we're gonna talk to a new person within this sort of massive global sphere of games every episode. So that might be a developer, it might be somebody who works in the press, it might be somebody who is actually not involved in games but has a completely other interesting facet of their life and also plays games. As it turns out, we have a sort of a massive document full of people who are super interested and down to do this, and if I just did these recorded, edited interviews like this, I'd never get around to doing them. So what we're gonna do is essentially make this a more conversational type of podcast, and then every once in a while do these curated, highly edited episodes sort of like special stories every once in a while. The next one of those you're going to hear will be an interview with Jeff Gerstmann I conducted about the 10 year anniversary of Giant Bomb, and his history of working in the games press. But aside from that, the rest of the podcast you're gonna hear on this feed are going to be less edited and more frequent. The plan is to make this a weekly show at some stage in 2019, but we're gonna sort of ramp up to it a little bit slowly. If that sounds like a good idea to you, or a terrible one, let me know. I'm @dannyodwyer on Twitter. As ever, thank you to our incredible patrons for supporting our work. You can support our documentaries, this podcast, and more, by joining up on patreon.com/noclip. You also get access to this podcast early via a special RSS feed, not to mention all the other goodies we give out on the Patreon every week. Thank you so much for supporting our show, I'm very excited to take it into new and interesting places in 2019. Talk to you soon.

Join Totemlydrunk and Edanar on Episode 140 as we break down the latest news in Overwatch and Overwatch eSports. This week we share our thoughts on OWL expansion skins, Overwatch's latest stop-motion animation, Rework Mercy, Contenders NA updates, and rank the original 12 OWL teams ahead of S2. As always we would love to hear your feedback. Feel free to shoot us a message via email, discord, or twitter. Thanks again for tuning in! Join us on Discord: https://discord.me/owlnshow    The News Blizzard World is back PTR patch adds OWL expansion skins Pharah gets the Figma treatment Cookiewatch Hot Community Topics Rework Mercy OWL suspensions incoming? Inside The Path to Pro & OWL Contenders NA Results WhoRU on loan to Meta Athena St Jude partners with Immortals/LA Valiant Main Discussion Hosts rank the original 12 OWL teams Individual rankings OWLN rankings (voted by Edanar, Renn, Slambo, Spyder, and Totemlydrunk)    Closing Notes Reviews Show some support for the show by giving us a review over on iTunes or your podcasting app of choice. Any feedback or constructive criticism is always welcomed. It’ll offer us insight and how we can make for a better listening experience for you.    OVERWATCH RECALL You can find a listing of several Overwatch, Overwatch League, and Path to Pro podcasts over on our website at http://owlnshow.com/owrecall. Episodic listings are released every Sunday. Be sure to follow Overwatch Recall on twitter @owrecall - Details regarding the Recall podcast will be released soon (and not Blizzard soon). We've added our weekly podcast listings at owlnshow.com/weeklyrecall/ (now linked in our menu) Should make things easier to find!   Where can they find us? Email the show at hndoverwatch@gmail.com Website: owlnshow.com Twitter: @hndoverwatch Twitch: https://twitch.tv/owlnshow -  We’re a Twitch affiliate! You can support the show by subscribing to our twitch channel and unlock our network emoticon. Thanks again to everyone who has been watching our shows live and interacting with the chat. If you’d like to catch us live we’re broadcasting 2 nights a week. OWLN Mon 7PM PT, HND Wed 5PM PT. Host streams will be held on Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30PM PT. Discord: https://discord.me/owlnshow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/OverwatchLeagueNetwork  Totem  Twitter @totemlydrunkctr Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/totemlydrunk Edanar Twitter @edanaroverwatch Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/edanarow 

  This week Andres and Rob talk about some lore around Talon, Blackwatch, and a whole lot of speculation for what we think could be soon around the corner for us in the game! ANNOUNCEMENTS: GAME NIGHT: 10/26 SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management, Finance and Data Analytics as well as experience in sales, marketing, and company development. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it. Omnic Meta: (Homepage) Humble Bundle Monthy Affiliate! Our Affiliate Link: https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly?partner=omniclab Con Before the Storm - Overwatch Panel Nov. 1, 10:00-11:00pm (4th Floor, Anaheim Hilton) Discussion Points: Overwatch Lore 2017-2018 The start of the story: “Over thirty years ago, without warning or explanation, a decommissioned set of automated megafactories re-activated themselves and launched a worldwide military campaign against all humanity dubbed the Omnic Crisis. Despite deploying new technologies including powered armour and super-soldier programs, no nation alone could stand against the growing omnic army.” The UN formed OW For 20yrs OW served as a global peacekeeping force & overall world & space betterment Controversy struck their missions & forced disgraceful retirements through failed missions and allegations plus the uncovering of Blackwatch’s covert operations surfaced The UN investigated and the OW Swiss headquarters was destroyed and Jack & Gabriel were reported dead during the investigations. The UN still decided to shut down OW & BW even with the destruction ruled as an “accident” The Petras Act declared all OW activity illegal & could be prosecuted Since then: Vishkar Corp. destroyed Calado Tower to control Rio de Janeiro Side note: Lucio’s Father worked on design & creator for sonic tech for Vishkar Lucio also is a known enemy & freedom fighter to force them out of Rio de Janeiro Satya Vaswani (Symmetra) was a high rank hard-light architect & trade agent for Vishkar Symmetra was the key in destroying Caldo Tower with Sanjay Korpal (Vishkar agent & Talon leader) who helped assist after they couldn’t negotiate a contract with the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro. Hyde Global hired 2 international criminals Junkrat & Roadhog to swindle insurance Heroes Introduced since launch: Talon: Sombra (Origin Story) Animated Short Doomfist (Origin Story) “Conflict & War is the Crucible by which we evolve.” Doomfist Smashed the airport in Numbani & OR-15 models Moira (Origin Story) Blackwatch Associations: Genji McCree Moira Overwatch & Misc: Ana - Fareeha’s (Pharah’s) Mother Lore Origin Story OW Sniper with original Overwatch Faked her death just like Jack Morrison (76) & Gabriel (Reaper) Brigitte - Torbjorn’s Daughter, Reinhardt is the Godfather Lore Origin Story Orisa (Origin Story) OR-15 modified by Effie Odele to an OR15A Wrecking Ball (Origin Story) Connected to Horizon Lunar Colony & Dr. Winston Name: Hammond -- Connections with winning a Junkertown Arena Animated Shorts: “The Last Bastion” - Bastion The only animated short with zero dialogue Shows that Bastion was abandoned in a forest in Sweden after the Omnic Crisis Ganymede somehow activated Bastion (the bird) The Omnic has PTSD from the battles in the crisis Finds some abandoned B73 models destroyed in a field & uses his repair tech to get a memory note on what happened Remembers what it’s supposed to attack in the city, but takes the bird to help understand it is in the past Apparently, Bastion met Torbjorn after this and took him under it wing & upgraded it “Infiltration” - Sombra with Widowmaker & Reaper (Guest Zarya) Talon assassination mission in Volskaya Industries (RUS) Chairman Katya Volskaya? (defender against the omnics) Sombra Blackmails her with knowledge of the Chairman using tech from Omnic technicians. (Chairman also shows her daughter) Mechs being built use Particle Beams that Zarya utilizes & Shield Arms like her barriers Zarya arrives at the end “Junkertown: The Plan” - Junkrat & Roadhog (Teaser for The Queen?) Mostly Map & World building, Character fun “Rise and Shine” - Mei & Snowball Mei & companions in Antarctica ran low on resources. Cryo-froze themselves to power down the base. Only Mei woke up from Cryo-sleep Atmospheric predictions were far worse than expected. Comms lost & they slept through the OW/Blackwatch controversy Asleep for 9 years resulting in the companions’ tanks to malfunction. On the plus side, the 9 years the base while they slept. Companions died to the Cryonics “Malfunctioning” Opara (Cryonics) - from Numbani, Africa Arrhenius (Climatologist) - from Sweden Torres (Cryonics) - from Spain Macready (Engineering) - from USA Adams (Researcher) from USA Mei sets out with the data and some snow gear to get back to Overwatch from Antarctica “Honor and Glory” - Reinhardt & Brigitte (OR-14 Orisa Model & Bastion models) Rein & Brigitte talking to avoid going back to OW Reinhardt’s young crusader days “Live with Honor, Die with Glory” Shows his arrogance and aggression while not protecting his men An OR-14 Unit gets deployed and cuts Reinhardt’s Eye open with a blade. Reinhardt’s senior officer gets a mortal wound from the same unit to rescue him Fun fact: One of the crusaders helping while Reinhardt is on his rampage is a female crusader! This means that there could be more of his unit that were female or even omnics! Reinhardt’s superior rests in Eichenwalde (or at least the armor does) Speculations? Omnics vs humans, thoughts? Lots of story retrospection, but how will they move forward? Talon, how do they come into play? Will Sanjay Korpal, Talon leadership show up? He’s also Vishkar’s CEO This guy was in the Symmetra comic (A Better World) & Masquerade Comic as well as the Moira Origin Story & sat with Moira & Maximillien when Doomfist returned. More Overwatch heroes? “Sound Quake” from the original trailer has STILL gone unmade “has chest missiles” according to punch kid Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben K, Britmus, Chrisdaplaya, DurandaL, JanJinkle, Lisome, Mr. Marz, Roger B, Shazear, Solo PS4, Terry F, Top Score Solutions, TragicZac Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime!Twitter, Facebook, PatreonTwitch, Youtube, MERCHDiscord: discord.me/omniclabEmail: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS-->Full Extended Show Notes

Welcome, to the SUPER FUN PODCAST! WE HAVE MERCH! Check it out! www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/1873489-super-fun-podcast-logo?store_id=35179 Theme song by friend of the podcast, Shawn! www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqGfttmUh5J-y0hvC_pczw This Episode's Starting Lineup: Ryan, and Duncan This week, we debut a new theme song! Thank you so much Shawn! As for the boys, Duncan preps for Blizzcon and see Venom, and Ryan watches Disenchantment and League of Legends World Championship. We have news on Telltale Games, Obsidian, Pokemon Go, and more! Timestamps: Weeks 0:00 - 18:38 News: 18:38 - 54:23 Emails: 54:23 - 57:18 Last Call: 57:18 - 58:10 Ending: 58:10 - 1:01:56 Ending Theme: You're Not Here by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Silent Hill 3) Telltale Games http://ca.ign.com/articles/2018/10/09/telltales-walking-dead-the-final-season-will-get-its-ending-through-robert-kirkmans-skybound James Gunn https://www.thewrap.com/james-gunn-suicide-squad-2-for-dc/ Obsidian https://kotaku.com/sources-microsoft-is-close-to-buying-obsidian-1829614135 Batwoman https://www.destructoid.com/here-s-our-first-look-at-ruby-rose-donning-batwoman-s-cape-and-cowl-526397.phtml#&gid=526397&pid=1 Pokemon Go https://www.destructoid.com/keep-an-eye-out-for-gen-4-pokemon-to-start-popping-up-in-pokemon-go-526416.phtml https://www.destructoid.com/it-looks-like-meltan-can-only-be-caught-in-pokemon-go-526554.phtml The Witcher https://comicbook.com/2018/10/10/netflix-the-witcher-cast-revealed/ Sony https://www.destructoid.com/finally-sony-officially-announces-that-psn-name-changes-are-coming-soon-with-a-bizarre-proviso-526522.phtml Devil May Cry 5 https://www.destructoid.com/capcom-breaks-down-the-new-silly-devil-may-cry-5-deluxe-weapons-526223.phtml

Icy Veins Podcast 26 - Third Person Diablo In this episode: [02:00] WoW: WoW Classic on Virtual Ticket, Azerite Gear issues [25:00] Overwatch: Torbjörn (and Pharah) rework, Halloween event, World Cup Paris stage [33:00] Hearthstone and Heroes quick tid bits [36:00] Diablo: Season 15, BlizzCon announcement speculation More information on the episode: For more news and guides, please visit https://www.icy-veins.com. The hosts are Patrick Beja (@NotPatrick) and Stan Duris (@heroespwn). You can find Patrick's podcasts at frenchspin.com. Thanks to Deadset for helping us discuss Diablo 3. The opening is from Daniel Beja (@misterdanielb). His music is free of rights on MusicInCloud.fr. Comment on this episode and find others at https://www.icy-veins.com/podcast.

This week we're joined by long-time fan "Jazz" (aka Jeff) for discussions about the latest Dev Update including all the changes being made to Torbjorn, Pharah, McCree, and so many more. Lots of great discussion this week.

"Podcasts rain from above!" Live at North Carolina Comicon, Cap speaks with voice actor, Jen Cohn, voice of Overwatch's Pharah. Chances are good the shooter sensation isn't the only place you've heard her - Cohn is also Lord Zash from Star Wars: The Old Republic, Ursa from Avatar: The Last Airbender, and that's just for starters. Learn about the strange circumstances of Cohn's initial Overwatch audition and the "Dark Pharah" that gave way to the "Captain America of Overwatch". She shares the surprising animation gig she'd love to have, how her journey into voice work got started, where Doom Fist's voice was found, and the question on every fan's mind: where the heck is Pharah's animated short?!For links and more info, head to the main episode's page:https://nerdyshow.com/2018/07/interview-jen-cohn-voice-of-overwatchs-pharahLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Voiceover actress and fashion consultant Jen Cohn joins Mallory in the MILK Studio. Jen’s versatile voice can be heard on hundreds of commercials, cartoons, video games, promos, industrials, and books on tape. She currently is the voice of Pharah from the video game Overwatch, which has a passionate and enormous fan base. When Jen isn't running around talking into microphones and schmoozing, or hanging out with her husband and son, she can be found obsessively researching new concept stores, hunting for the best Japanese nail salons, swooning over and interviewing emerging designers, and plotting her next trip to Paris. Check her out, especially her boot collection, @FashionDilettante on Instagram and @heyitsjencohn on Twitter.

The skies aren't so friendly when Pharah is flying them. In this episode we dig into her kit, discuss the most efficient ways to play her, the most effective ways to use her abilities and ultimate, and give other tips.

The skies aren't so friendly when Pharah is flying them. In this episode we dig into her kit, discuss the most efficient ways to play her, the most effective ways to use her abilities and ultimate, and give other tips.

This Thanksgiving Waifus of Overwatch wants to express their deep gratitude to Blizzard!!! Blizzcon week was a HUGE blessing for Danielle McRae and Erin Fitzgerald because they got to interview Jen Cohn the actress who plays Pharah!!!!  Not only that but because Jen was staying in Los Angeles down the street from Erin They got...

It’s time for Overtime! This week we cover: Reporting Updates OWL salaries Patch Notes And more! Follow Overtime on Twitter at https://twitter.com/OW_Overtime and email questions to owovertime@gmail.com Find our sister show Press A to Podcast at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSVyPNwlOAEZOtJY4Sufkiw Reporting updates (https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20758356169) Overwatch League Salary info (http://www.pcgamer.com/overwatch-league-players-will-earn-a-minimum-of-50000-per-year-plus-bonuses/) Patch Notes (https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/game/patch-notes/pc/) (https://twitter.com/gamespot/status/890138376292122624)

In this episode we have the one and only Carolina Ravassa on the podcast. She is the voice of Sombra in Overwatch and quite the traveler. We discuss a number of subjects such as being an actress from Columbia, her friends Symmetra, Mercy and Pharah as well as being foodies. It's a fun conversation! In addition, in our games segment we play ARMS, a first party title for the Nintendo Switch and we talk PC Master Race as Devan and Luis get their first PC's and right in time for the big Steam Summer Sale. Finally, in the news we have big changes to Pokemon Go and Call of Duty WWII. We also talk about Atari's next console, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Destiny 2 and Rocket League. Be sure and share with your friends! Where to Find Carolina Ravassa: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CarolinaRavassa Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravassa Show Notes: 01:25 - ARMS 10:55 - PC Gaming and the Steam Sale 17:00 - Upcoming Video Game Releases 23:09 - Gaming News 49:55 - Interview with Carolina Ravassa, Voice of Sombra in Overwatch The Inner Gamer is a podcast built for the casual gamer. Your weekly dose of video game news, reviews, opinions and discussions every Tuesday. Like what you hear? Share our podcast with your friends! Also be sure and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes and leave us a review! You can find all of our social channels at www.theinnergamer.net. If you have any questions or suggestions please reach out to us at hello@theinnergamer.net. CREDITS: "Blue Groove Deluxe" by BlueFoxMusic on audiojungle.net Woman Announcer - Arie Guerra; Actress

Subscribe to us on iTunes and Google Play RSS feeds! apple.co/2mRdkHy bit.ly/2m8Hfwv --- Join our Discord Server where we record live! discordapp.com/invite/Bf2Vnn3 --- - **00:00:30** Welcome, Mangachu! - **00:01:00** How did Mangachu end up in Overwatch? - **00:02:30** How did Mangachu end up trying Pharah? - **00:05:00** More in-depth Pharah talk - **00:07:20** How did Team Canada tryouts shake out? - **00:17:00** Talking about the Team USA vs Canada exhibition match - **00:22:00** Was this year's Committee process the best way to do it? - **00:23:30** Why does Mangachu play Hanzo? - **00:25:15** xQc stories from E3 - **00:26:30** General thoughts on the E3 experience - **00:27:30** Who has Team Canada been practicing against? - **00:29:00** How good is Team USA? - **00:33:15** Discussing a bit of EU contenders - **00:35:00** How is RNG's preparation for NA Contenders going? - **00:36:15** Mangachu's opinion on RNG's "Group of Death" - **00:39:30** Mangachu's take on the map format for Contenders Group Stages - **00:45:00** Listener Questions - **00:45:30** Is Jonas Jerbko (owner of Renegades) pretty chill? - **00:46:30** Who is the cutest boy on Team Canada? - **00:47:00** Who is Mangachu's favorite RNG member? - **00:47:30** Does Mangachu use space or right-click for Pharah jet? - **00:48:00** What does the Team Canada Committee do now that the team is finalized? - **00:48:45** Is Team Canada working on getting a sponsor? - **00:50:45** Has RNG been to the Detroit Zoo? - **00:51:15** Thoughts on Team Liquid with their new Korean tank, Fate, and Shadder2k in NA? - **00:52:15** What do you think about all of the NA teams picking up Koreans? - **00:53:00** Thoughts on the Taimou Twitlonger? - **00:53:30** What does Team Canada do for team bonding? - **00:54:15** Is it true Jer hasn't been kicked yet because he's funny? - **00:54:45** What is the team house / visa situation? - **00:56:30** How is Mangachu's stream going? - **00:58:00** Is Team Canada's roster permanent? - **01:00:00** Mangachu's take on the Map Pool for Contenders? --- Follow Mangachu on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mangachu_ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mangachu_

In the Lab this week is Overwatch’s 1-year anniversary event going live with some big notes! Additionally we have a TON of additional news from the last 2 weeks we want to cover and discuss some hero balance changes in the patch as well! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Game Night THIS WEEK! 8pm-11pm EDT May 26th Blizzcon 2017 Tickets--update Scott Mercer: Principal Designer at Blizzard is joining us June 9th at 4pm PDT//7pm EDT//8am JST News & Blue Posts: Destiny 2 Joins the PC Blizzard Roster End of Season 4 announced! May 29th - 0:00 UTC (May 28th 5:00pm PDT//8:00pm EDT) Free OW Weekend May 26-29 Force Gaming & some /r/overwatch mods had a Q&A with Kaplan in Manhattan: ForceGaming states: One big thing I got from today "Next year is more about refining the events that we have, rather than adding new ones" - Jeff Kaplan (Follow up Tweet) WIRED Video with a Jeff Kaplan Twitter Q&A: Full Replies Account - Cool Lore Questions answered about Mercy, Reaper, and Zenyatta. Overwatch Art Book Available for Pre-order Reddit AMA with Michael Chu Overwatch Anniversary Twitter Thank You Notes Genji says: I want to express my deepest gratitude from the bottom of my heart. // kokoro kara rei wo iu -- 心から礼を言う Hanzo says: Gratitude // kan sha -- 感謝 Overwatch Anniversary is LIVE: Overwatch Anniversary Event Announced! May 23 to June 12 Game of the Year Edition is on sale for all platforms! (Origins for around $40 but with 10 Loot Boxes) Developer Update Video and Event Trailer: Player Icons in Gold 11 Skins: Genji, Hanzo, Bastion, Soldier, Zarya, Pharah, Symmetra, Lucio, DVa, Mei. Tracer Dance Emotes Voice Lines & Sprays Filled Missing Emotes out (general boxes) “Sombra, Orisa, and Tracer are all getting brand new emotes, and Reaper picks up several new unlocks based on the infamous shrug from the recent Uprising comic.” Soft Graphical Updates (Orisa White Protector, Ana Golden Gun for Ghoul) New Game Modes: Hero Lockout, Limited Hero Pool, Tiebreakers, Hero Reveal for Elimination mode THREE NEW 3v3 and 1v1 Arena Maps Event Item Tracker! Live Patch Notes: Reference Links: Grant from the Intro: Twitter, Soundcloud Omnic Meta: Quick Look on One-Tricks and Console S4-W12 Secret link: Kanem Rider Genji Reference CoolerMaster starts an all female Malaysian OW Team! Missouri’s Stephen’s College first all-women's college to offer a competitive gaming scholarship to prospective students. The college is looking to put together an Overwatch team in time for autumn season of the Tespa Cup later this year. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: (15/25) Ben W, IceWeasel, HannibalSnowden, Lisome, Magic, Michael Crits, MILK, RcCrispy, RoadtoSwole, Sketchy Nonsense Podcast, Svornair, TragicZac, Trinium, & Zampano. New Patrons this week: Jason A, That Dude Ryan, Michael F Omnic Lab Links: Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, Youtube Twitch, RSS, MERCH Full Extended Show Notes Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Hearthstone Podcast - Velen’s Chosen Andres: audioblender.studio, Twitter    

In the Lab this week we bring on another guest because we’re going deep yet again, this time with Pharah! We brought on a top 100 NA Pharah, Deathy, to help us break down learning the hero! Buckle up and put on your jet packs because we’re taking this show to the skies! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Game Night Update! 8pm-11pm EDT May 26th Keyboard Giveaway for Patrons at the game night! Blizzcon 2017 Tickets--still looking for tickets! News & Blue Posts: The Nexus Challenge - last week! Week 1: 5 Heroes Matches (AI, QP, Ranked) Oni Genji Skin, Oni Spray, Oni Icon Week 2: 5 Heroes Matches (QP or Ranked) Officer DVa Skin Week 3: 5 Heroes Matches (QP or Ranked) Officer DVa Spray, Player Week 4: 5 Heroes Matches (QP or Ranked) 10 Loot boxes (normal) Destiny 2 Joins the PC Blizzard Roster End of Season 4 announced! May 29th - 0:00 UTC May 28th 5:00pm PDT//8:00pm EDT Shorter Off-Season time than usual Overwatch Anniversary Event Announced! May 23 to June 12 Sneak Peak at 3 Arena Maps Sneak Peak at New Voice Lines Sneak Peak at Dance Emotes Skins Leak: Possible Skins Free OW Weekend May 26-29 Overwatch Art Book Available for Pre-order Pharah Discussion: General Gameplan on Pharah How to utilize mobility as Pharah (jet pack, hovering, concussive blast, rocket jumps Engaging and Disengaging with Phara When to choose Pharah/When to switch off Pharah Pharah fitting in the team com Matching up Pharah with and against other Heroes Good Hero combinations Target Priorities? Heroes that give you trouble? How do you work with your Healers? Working with Mercy Ultimate: Barrage Usage Playing Safe vs Playing Aggressive Mid-air Dogfighting Reference Links: Grant from the Intro: Twitter, Soundcloud Omnic Meta: PC vs Console Hero Use AND PC S4:W11 Roundup Secret link: 23 OW Voice Actors in real life! Bonus link: OW Yearbook Fan Art Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Ben W, IceWeasel, HannibalSnowden, Lisome, Magic, Matt V, MILK, RcCrispy, Sketchy Nonsense Podcast, Svornair, TragicZac, Trinium, & Zampano. New Patrons this week (7 NEW): RoadtoSwole, Michael Crits, Quincy K, Randy D, Saitama, Dan, & David L Omnic Lab Links: Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, Youtube Twitch, RSS, MERCH Full Extended Show Notes Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Hearthstone Podcast - Velen’s Chosen Andres: audioblender.studio, Twitter Deathy: Twitter

Junkers! We are back with Episode 18. Pour yourself a drink, get comfortable because we have heaps to catch up and talk about! Firstly, we apologize about last week and the lack of episode. These things happen (Belv going on a fancy holiday) But... back to normal now and on track starting on a #WhiskeyWednesday recording and the episode coming out Saturday, which happens to be World Whiskey Day. How perfectly fitting for our Podcast. Straight into the more current news that's been happening. Season 4 ending soon. Preorders for some sweet Overwatch books. Tidgets #1 Gal, D.Va is out on HOTS and the last week of the Nexus Challenge is here, and a few other bits worthy to cover and discuss. We talk some Competitive and some information regarding the World Cup. Tidget and Belv have some discussion and different views on whats happening with the Overwatch eLeague! Tidgets right, Belvs wrong (I only say that cos Tidgets writing this!) We only skim some of the eSport stuff happening in Overwatch. If you love this shit and want more of it, we highly recommend you guys check out our bros at The Weekly Blizz - https://soundcloud.com/the-weekly-blizz also on all good Podcast apps. Some really cool stuff from the community this week, including a fun hypothetical topic. You'll have to check it out to hear the question and our answers! (Included, more Shimada hate, don't worry!) and Belv gives us another controversial answer... the jerk... Con before the Storm, baby! Awesome news coming from that. You still have time to back, what are you doing?... back that shit now... and you get awesome rewards for it too! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/d20crit/con-before-the-storm-2017 Videos discussed from the community are as follows: Sombra & Mercy find Pharah! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGudrGV2myE 1 Tip for EVERY hero in Overwatch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WACeigQigHE We bring the 1 Tip question to Tidget and Belv, as we are professionals and can be certain that we will help you be a pro player in no time with these tips... Just the tip... /s Couple of shoutouts to some special Junkers out there as we wrap up the show and say our goodbyes. To contact JunkertownFM; Email - Junkertownfm@gmail.com Twitter - @Junkertownfm Tidgets Twitter - @TheTidget Belvederes Twitter - @BelvedereOW Send us some stuff and we will read/response/act out/sing whatever you say straight onto the podcast. We love to talk crap, but if you have crap you want us to talk about specifically. Write in, topics of discuss or something you don't agree with. We want to know what YOU guys want. JunkertownFM, switching off. **If you can somewhat stomach the crap we are putting out, Please don't forget to leave JunkertownFM a 5 Star(frog splash) review and comments on iTunes. It helps so so so much! We will read it out-loud on the show with such love and admiration, Belv might even sing it aloud!** *All Overwatch tracks, noises and sound-effects are owned by Blizzard Entertainment and no copyright is intended, background music bought to you by our favorite Overwatch DJ Hero, Lucio! CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP!*

Join our Discord to hear Around the Watch live! https://discord.gg/Bf2Vnn3 - 00:00:20 Intros - say hi to Jake from LG Evil - 00:01:00 The Origin of the name "Jake" - 00:02:40 Jake's gaming background - 00:04:00 The history of team "Bird Noises" - 00:06:00 The similarities in comms and game pace that Overwatch shares with TF2 - 00:07:30 Jake's hero pool, how he came to the heroes he plays today - 00:11:30 Is there a secret to reflecting Gravitons? - 00:15:00 Undocumented changes to Genji? - 00:16:30 Should Blizzard be more forthcoming even with minor, undocumented changes? - 00:17:45 The journeyt from Bird Noises to Hammers to LG Evil - 00:20:30 What was the turning point for your team when you noticed you were able to stand up to the best of NA? - 00:21:30 How the team works together in practice and scrims - 00:22:15 Jake's take on LG Evil's performance in the Carbon Series - 00:24:15 Quick interlude where Jake talks about how good Selfless.Dafran is at Soldier 76 - 00:27:00 What was going on with the Pharah v. Pharah duels against Immortals? - 00:30:00 What went **right** for LG Evil in Carbon Series? - 00:33:00 LG Evil's odd peak during the Tank Meta - 00:35:15 Jake's take on the upcoming Lucio changes - 00:36:30 Jake's take on Orisa - 00:36:45 Jake's take on the state of hero releases in Overwatch - 00:39:00 More thoughts on Orisa - 00:41:00 Just how overpowered **is** Reinhardt? - 00:43:00 Are there any other heroes Jake has identified as in need of nerfs or buffs? - 00:44:00 Surprise: Junkrat - 00:47:00 Are some heroes just meant to teach new players how to play the game? - 00:52:00 More Orisa discussion - 00:52:30 Will Blizzard add more ultimate choices to single heroes like Symmetra? - 00:53:30 How to make Reaper more viable? - 00:59:00 "Spell cast" ultimates vs. "Hero Improvement" ulimates -- which is better?| - 01:02:00 The uniqueness of Overwatch Heroes - 01:05:00 2CP Maps -- where to go from here? - 01:7:30 Question from live chat: "What's a better name, Rob420 or Coolmatt69?" - 01:08:00 "Have you been following any of the Korean matches going on?" - 01:08:45 "Will the entire LG Evil team be finished up with graduation by the time OWL launches?" - 01:10:00 "Have you considered playing in Tespa?" - 01:11:00 "Are you a better Genji than Shadowburn?" - 01:14:45 "Has the baton been passed from Super to you, as the main focus of the lineup post Tank Meta?" - 01:16:30 "How much team support do you receive / share with LG Loyal?" - 01:21:45 Signing off --- Follow Jake on: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jake_ow Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jake_overwatch

Jordan and Samuel go over some new changes to the PTR, as well as finally answer the age-old question why Samuel hates Pharah.

**Topic discussion Timestamps:** - 00:30:00 Introductions -- Special guest Numlocked! - 00:01:00 How did you get here? - 00:04:00 Transitioning from G2 to Creation to Dignitas - 00:08:30 From being removed from Dignitas to being picked up by NRG - 00:10:30 A big opportunity (Apex) comes knocking - 00:12:00 Apex went "well" (it didn't) - 00:13:30 MLG Vegas retrospective - 00:15:00 Shotcalling in NRG - 00:19:00 An aside about Biotic Grenade - 00:21:30 The Great NRG Tryouts of 2017! - 00:22:30 How much has the balance patch impacted the tryouts? - 00:24:00 What is the right way to build a team in Overwatch? - 00:26:00 What are you looking for in a teammate? - 00:28:00 Is there a budget for NRG to buy out player's contracts? - 00:28:30 Who is NRG scrimming against during these tryouts? - 00:29:00 Who decides who's going to make the final cut? - 00:30:00 NRG House? - 00:30:30 Discussing the Overwatch League - 00:31:00 Will NRG for sure have a spot? - 00:32:30 What is Numlocked's take on the current Overwatch Meta? - 00:35:30 Why are Koreans running Mercy without Pharah? (no one knows) - 00:36:00 Tempostorm's Junkrat spam comp on Hollywood defense - 00:39:00 Is the reason the Meta is not set yet due to the quality of the teams playing? Or is it just too early to tell? - 00:40:00 PTR hero changes on the horizon (D.Va and Bastion) - 00:40:30 Bastion - 00:43:00 D.Va - 00:46:00 Does D.Va's Defense Matrix make Overwatch less exciting / watch-able? - 00:49:00 McCree's place in the Meta - 00:51:00 What heroes could still use some work? - 00:52:00 Is Terry Crews actually going to be Doomfist? - 00:52:30 Reminiscing about the Sombra ARG - 00:53:00 Is Overwatch still fun for Numlocked? - 00:54:00 Favorite "off-Meta" hero to play? - 00:55:00 Earthshatter mind games -- how do they work? - 00:59:00 Signing off! -- Follow Numlocked on Twitter: https://twitter.com/numlocked Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/numlocked YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/num1ocked Follow NRG on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/NRGgg

On this episode Mike and Jon "discuss" structure to the podcast (which sort of doesn't happen), Jon returns to Rust, Mike discusses his aggravation with lack of time to play all the games, now that he's been brought in to the world of Overwatch (An aside that Mike realizes he called Pharah the wrong name....multiple times). They then talk a bit about what they have been watching; Walking Dead, Westworld, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, etc. They discuss the "4 Episode" crossover of the CW's DC Universe shows (Really it was like 2 and a half...ish). Mike expresses his happiness at the better writing this season of The Flash after spending much of his time lamenting them. In the final stretch of the show the guys discuss the ever increasing frustration of gaming with modes and difficulties being blocked because of limitiations, mainly in regards to Arizona Sunshine and their connection to Intel, and being paid to lock a game mode and difficulty.

Didn't get enough Sombra? Neither did we! We ran over her kit last week BUT THERE'S MORE TO LEARN. What can she hack? What CAN'T she hack? We run down every hero in detail and how she interacts with each one so you'll be prepared both to play as and play against the sassy latina hacker.  Also Rudeism is up to his usual tricks, Pharah gets a boost...uh...boost. And our best Mojo impressions. He's not here, but you'd barely miss him.  Contact us: email: overwatch@trinityforcenetwork.com twitter: @tfintotheiris

Today's EpisodeThe review happened. I finally played enough of Titanfall 2 to give my review. It was an interesting game. I liked it, but, you have to listen to the show to find out the rest. The interesting part I found this week was Pharah being able to fly throughout the match. They are testing it out on the PTR. That could impact the game in good and bad ways. Luckily, there are other heroes that could handle this. I’m fine with Blizzard testing things out on the PTR. Lastly, that Red Alert 2 VR game looks awesome!Scroll down to hear more!Gaming News Pwned:Gwent is bringing more players to their closed betaArk goes techHomefront gets its second DLCA new Overwatch patch could make Pharah fly foreverOverwatch has been going free for a few days soonThe Division adds a survival modeSkyrim Special Edition gets a patch to fix the last patchFirewatch finally gets a free modMetro 2035 gets a different release dateRed Alert 2 in VR? Yes!Mass Effect: Andromeda is not going to be a sequelCOD’s numbers don’t look goodTron-like cycles comes to GTA OnlineDishonored 2 patch coming soonCorsair brings some great gaming gear for a good priceBattleborn players and Gearbox are trying to get people to play the gameTitanfall 2 reviewPreview with Dishonored 2And more!Gaming Deals:Rainbow Six: Siege Weekend DealSquad Free WeekendHard Reset Redux Weekend SaleParty Hard Weekend SaleThe Monstrous Fall SaleTalos PrinciplesTweetable Quotes:You could fly forever with Pharah, unless a good Widowmaker or Bastion shoots you down.I was surprised how little problems I had with Titanfall 2.This looks like the beginning of the end of Call of Duty… finallyCredit:outro music by http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/sci-Support:Like these podcasts? Support me on Podbean and Patreon! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Slurrednerd talks lore and speculation for Junkrat, Roadhog, and Pharah in this info-packed episode! Facebook: http://facebook.com/nerdsloth Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdsloth Website: http://NerdSloth.com/category/podcast/ktlo/

In the Lab today we want to approach how to have a mindset switch when playing on attack and defense as a main point and we have a great relevant email from RyanRaze! *Rob Testing: Ana, DVa, & Zenyatta Practicing Lucio and Pharah some more *Andres Testing: Tons of competitive! Solo Q to full group and everything in between! Attitude check and the importance of team spirit.   News & Patch Notes: *7500 accounts hit with the ban hammer again! (https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4x2zy3/7500_more_accounts_permanently_banned_for_cheating/) *Updates for Season 2 and Competitive Updates coming next week:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748414915#post-10  *Replay system bumped for high bandwidth server technology, Season 2 updates and matchmaking improvements, and work on allowing players to save highlights:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748414915#post-3  *Probably Mei and Zenyatta changes coming:https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/4xapu2/blizzard_probable_balance_changes_to_zen_and_mei/  *(Buff to Mei, fixing bugs with the ice wall, and slight discord orb changes to Zenyatta) *Gibraltar map attackers are down from a 64% win rate to 50.5% win rate due to the latest changes:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20748454911#post-1*Opinions on the Summer Games   Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons! *Eric S, and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! *Thanks to Brian K for sending Andres a BRAND SPANKING NEW MIC! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: Ken M, Weston H, Dev P, Tysic C, and Kurt L!   Attack: Play fast, aggressive, and push constant pressure. Look to pick off key enemies. Hesitation is your enemy! Commit to the play calls. Don’t play into the enemy's defense; position yourself favorably. Learn to capitalize when the opportunity presents itself. (Look at that kill feed!) Regroup after every fight! Mobility and multiple angles of attack will give you an advantage.   Defense Mentality: Play conservatively! Your life is very precious on defense. Seek your allies, protect them and let them protect you. Know when to back down. Contest the objective when appropriate. Revolve around the point, it is the only thing that matters. Use your ultimates reactively!   *Also thanks to our other iTunes reviews from: TheBrometheus, BinacaFreak, Duder Man Reviewer, & HPSeaton   You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/omniclab  *Discord: discord.me/omniclab *Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com  *iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/omnic-lab-podcast/id1102068116 *Google Play Music: https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I4y3phepidybxbkdmdvccdcr44m?t%3DOmnic_Lab:_A_Strategic_Overwatch_Podcast  *Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/omniclab  *Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/omniclab  *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/omniclab  *Website: http://www.omniclab.com *RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/omniclab  *SWEET MERCHHHH: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/omniclab  *Full Extended Show Notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZP38FyAY6Zm4yyaVJrdOkjhIH-bAArHtecU-QvHFnzM/edit?usp=sharing   Rob here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/notrob *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notrobmedia *Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/notrobmay *Hearthstone Podcast: www.velenschosen.com   And Andres here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/IplaiGames *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamez  *Hearthstone Podcast - Coin Concede: www.coinconcede.com

Today we host Sarah Taibah, book illustrator and actress. Building on our previous episode with Fatma Banawi, we talk about the book industry in the Middle East, her work on the movie “Zaina's Cake”, Arabic TV shows, and a lot more. Show Links David Habchy Zaina's Cake on ET Arabic أفراح القبة | Afrah AlQobba جراند أوتيل | Grand Hotel From Cairo, ‘It's Saturday Night Live!' — without politics, sex or religion Fahad Al-Butairi on American Dad Fahad Al-Butairi ad for H&M Ana & Pharah Overwatch Arabic characters مسامير | Masmeer Saudi Gamer: ليش مالي برنامج بالتلفزيون Ammar's “Sijil Baba“ The Simpson's “The Day the Earth Stood Cool” Episode What's legal in Oregon The Catapult Podcast Internet Unites to Heckle Bored Olympic Lifeguard Sara Taibah on Instagram & website

We're finally cashing in on the Overwatch hype, sit down with us as we tackle what it is and why we love it with Sabriel. What we've been up to (02:23:00) Sabriel (@Sabriality or sabriel.me ) Overwatch Kerbal Space A Very Secret Service Archer Star Trek TNG Riley (@Kaleri_) Overwatch Pokemon GO Pokemon Stranger Things Star Trek Beyond Pam (@Jasyla_) PS2 Games Hero Defense: Haunted Island No Man's Sky Masterchef Australia Stranger Things Jane the Virgin The Jinx Overwatch and Listener Questions (00:24:36) What is Overwatch? PC v PS4? Who's your favourite character and why? Which character just doesn't click with you at all? @grnmushroom The Importance of Ana by @appleciderwitch The online experience Player feedback at the end of the match; medals, stats, Play of the Game, voting for MVP? How do you actually learn to play the game? (00:58:23) What would you like to see as a future brawl? @_rades (01:02:30) Quien es Sombra? @OrkChop Lore? Where is the lore? (01:12:00) Where are the gay characters, Blizz?! How should Blizzard introduce them? @MtoAllPro (01:17:57) Overwatch and its cultural appropriation @MtoAllPro (01:24:00) Can Ana solo heal or is she better alongside a Lucio? @Makofury (01:27:21) Which characters are most likely to listen to your podcast? @walkstweets (01:29:10) How quickly do they have to push updates to keep you in, and how awesome would the Titan MMO have been? @TDwelve (01:33:58) Do you think the hype momentum will last? Is this the next esport? @serrinneWoW Extra credit reading on Pharah: Child of a Jackal: Quick Thoughts on Overwatch’s Pharah Giant Beastcast: Breakdown of Pharah's skins via a listener letter Dialacina breaks down Pharah's skins. If you’ve got any feedback, questions, people or topics you’d like to hear on future episodes of the show, you can reach out at MediaMavensCast@gmail.com or on Twitter @_MediaMavens. If you like the show, please give us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. Music: Vivacity by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Huk and Mitch Leslie join us this week we discussed feedback from the competitive mode PTR and a recap of the OG Invitational and ONOG Breakout events. We also discussed the trending character meta we saw this week particularly Pharah and Roadhog.

In this weeks episode we cover: – Which hero is giving you trouble – Mercy and her Ults’ role in the meta – How have the Widowmaker-McCree nerfs shaken out – Competitive changes outlined – How “On Fire” and matchmaking works – PTR – In depth Pharah discussion And more! Follow us on Twitter at … Continue reading Overtime – Ep 4 – Golden Balls

In the Lab today we have TONS to chat about. We’re going to talk about the newest patch notes,  balance changes, a big Blue Post from O Captain, My Captain Jeff Kaplan, and the main strategies for playing offense and putting on pressure! What We’re Testing: *Rob: finally found a main character! MERCY BOYZ. Testing: Mercy, Pharah, Torbjorn, & Junkrat on defense for damage boosts. Also testing: Mercy, DVa, Genji, Widowmaker/Soldier 76, Bastion/Pharah, Roadhog/Zarya (Comp we ran at the LAN) *Andres: Testing out the new McCree changes & alternating to soldier 76...Practicing a lot of Genji! News & Patch Notes: *10 Million Players in Overwatch! (June 14) https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/742761244159942656  *Patch Notes: --McCree Fan the Hammer - 45 dmg (was 70)//0.3s (was 0.75s) --Widowmaker Ultimate charge 10% longer to charge//scope animation must finish before rescoping//base damage - 12 (was 15) (MAX 120 - was 150)//headshot ratio increased to 2.5x (was 2.0x) --Misc. Bug fixes:  *Cynical Nerds’ Max opinions on the Blue Post: https://youtu.be/sRTxcij0-Mw  *MEGA Blue Post by Kaplan: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745285677#post-12 Picking a balanced Offensive Team: 1. Area Control/Soakers 2. Frontline Damage 3. Main Support 4. Long Range Cover 5. Flanker 6. Utility/Flex The 4 Steps of Attack: Recon, Prep, Execute, Recoop  *Reconnaissance:  Scout Enemy heroes and positions. Take out out of place heroes and clear starting area. Send out flanker to scout and dispose of appropriate threats. *Preparation: Build up ultimates. Define an attack route and position the team.  Define key Target(s). Neutralize key defenses and look for an OPENING. *Execution: Once the call has been made move to be point as a team. Focus key targets quick. Commit! Move as a team, die as a team. Continuous pressure is key! *Recuperation: Regroup after wiping, resist the urge to go solo. Reassess: what caused the wipe? Team Composition. Team positioning. Sloppy execution. Poor teamwork. Simply Outplayed. Back to preparation! Special Thanks: Scientist Level Patrons: Brian K and Blackbyrd thanks again for your generous pledges for the Scientist Level of support, when your payment clears we’ll get started on your perks! *Also thanks to our brand new Patrons this week: LA Instrumental,Toby H, &  Eric S (New Scientist Level Patron!) *Also thanks to our iTunes reviews from: Totemlydrunk, Wickedella, HugeFan18, Tautsu, Jposty, PvP Necro, Maxx Hubris, Jbport, BaileyMatt6102, Dij4, & Goose792! Links for the Week: *Overwatch Myths Vol.4: https://youtu.be/FxdmvNEz7e0 (reaper teleport myth may have changed this patch) *Getting Better at Overwatch Parody: https://youtu.be/A2oSItJ-hBg  *The Deep Japanese Culture behind Hanzo & Genji:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xth8OsQaDo  *Funny Kaplan Response to UI Request:http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20745255910?page=2#post-22   You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/omniclab  *Discord: discord.me/omniclab *Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com  *iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/omnic-lab-podcast/id1102068116 *Google Play Music: https://goo.gl/app/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/I4y3phepidybxbkdmdvccdcr44m?t%3DOmnic_Lab:_A_Strategic_Overwatch_Podcast  *Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/omniclab  *Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZsJLxSSdwXqvh0M5BzpvbA  *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/omniclab  *Website: http://www.omniclab.com *RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/omniclab  *Full Extended Show Notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CNuwFR5G_ulAGBONM1DzYTvV-DteXRLpGMpDSpf2BqE/edit?usp=sharing Rob here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/notrob *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notrobmedia *Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/notrobmay *Hearthstone Podcast: www.velenschosen.com And Andres here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/IplaiGames *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamez *Hearthstone Podcast: www.coinconcede.com

From well researched E3 predictions to pro Overwatch tips from an MLG-caliber player, Grunt Free Press continues to be the only podcast you need in your day to day life. Also, birds won't shut the fuck up. Topics - Gaming news, remember VR?, rubes, Sony wins E3, Sony is the new Apple and that's not a compliment, E3 predictions, Overwatch, birds, douchebag teammates, dulled sheen, Overwatch tips and tricks, healing payloads, anti-social online gaming, KBM spazzes, matchmaking, Genji, McRee, controller bugs?, Pharah's gotta jet, bumper jumper, Reaper. Music - Hatebreed - Another Day, Another Vendetta, Pink Floyd - One of these Days, Leonard Cohen - The Future

In the Lab today we are covering the basics for heroes, Offensive heroes! We’ll dive into specializations for each hero, who they synergize with, and how to build a team with these offensive heroes in different scenarios! We’re going in depth to talk about Tracer, Solider 76, Reaper, McCree, & Pharah. News & Patch Notes: (5 min) *Beta Test Weekend Recap: *Closed Beta Testing ends April 25th 10:00 Pacific (1:00am April 26th Eastern) *Developer Update Video: The Road to Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoYGzPtehBQ  *Reminder Dates:  May 3-4 is early access Beta Time for those who pre-purchased Overwatch before April 29th May 5-9 is Open Beta (even for consoles) *Confirmed: All player progress achieved for Closed and Open Beta accounts do NOT carry over when the game launches. You will all begin at level 1 with no rewards. *Changes will not be drastic until just after launch *Immediately looking for more competitive mode changes, features, and iterations *Spectator Mode is something they’re looking to do also *Free Heroes and Maps is also something to look to post-launch *Pacing for changes in the game will be evaluated after launch to keep it fresh. *Patch Notes: *No more White Portraits! Everyone is Bronze for levels 1-100. *Removed a few less popular sprays. *Hanamura temporarily disabled for spawn issues. *Route 66: Payload slowed by 10% *Route 66: Adjusted health pack spots *Volskaya Industries: Moved Spawn points further back  TOPIC: General Offense Team building and composition in Overwatch can go quite in depth and requires a certain knowledge of the different heroes and their nuances to really grasp it.  Knowing each Hero’s strengths, weaknesses and synergies opens up a lot of creative potential when building a team. *Competitive Example: (Control, Lijiang Tower) - Cloud9 (2 Tracer, 2 Winston, 2 Lucio) Vs Luminosity (2 McCree, Bastion, Zarya, Mercy, Lucio) Offense: General Purpose:  Single Target and Splash Damage Output, Mobility and Infiltration Offense Heroes tend to trade off survivability in favor of mobility and an upfront  damage edge.  *Tracer: The Harasser.  *S76: Frontline Soldier. *Reaper: Close Range Flanker. (Shotgunner) *McCree: The Skirmisher. (1v1 me Bro!) *Pharah: Airborne Assault (Splash) *Genji: Silent Assassin, Flanker and The Counterplayer.   THIS JUST IN:  http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20743464347 Link of the Week: *The Story of Overwatch (by Gamespot)  --Very moving story of “The Fall of Titan” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq-HwvYjLLg&feature=youtu.be  --For extra Nostalgia, you can watch the announcement at Blizzcon 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8955xnjJ1E You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab  *Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/omniclab  *Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com *Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/omniclab  *iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/omnic-lab-podcast/id1102068116 *Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZsJLxSSdwXqvh0M5BzpvbA  *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/omniclab  *Website: http://www.omniclab.com/  *RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/omniclab  *Full Extended Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15MQpsdFsZZw64mELBAp-BEwZFx3y5nMXEzesND5GSBo/edit?usp=sharing Rob here: *Instagram: https://instagram.com/notrob *Twitter: https://twitter.com/notrob *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notrobmedia *Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/sirtwik *Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/notrobmay *Hearthstone Podcast: www.velenschosen.com And Andres here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/IplaiGames *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamez  *Music Work: In the works...soon ™. *Hearthstone Podcast: www.coinconcede.com