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Episode 179! Joey is joined by Recurring Character Kita to talk about The Super Mario Bros Movie and all things Mario in this Super Episode. LINKS! Jack Black's Peaches - Lyrical Lemonade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW7bzd8uwyQ&ab_channel=LyricalLemonade Tropes vs Women - Feminist Frequency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q&list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61&ab_channel=FeministFrequency 14 Of The Best And Most Obscure Secrets We Spotted In The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Kotaku https://kotaku.com/the-super-mario-bros-movie-2023-easter-eggs-credits-1850307140 ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie': Top 10 Easter Eggs and References to the Games - Variety https://variety.com/lists/super-mario-bros-movie-best-easter-eggs-references-games/ Did Mario Witness 911? https://www.inverse.com/gaming/super-mario-bros-movie-911 See what's happening right NOW: www.affablechat.com/now Have a comment about something we said? Want to request something for us to review? Just wanna chat? Email: AffableChat@gmail.com Instagram: @AffableChat Twitter: @AffableChat Benjamin: @4thAndBen Joey: @affablejoey Soundcloud: @affablechat Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOkrHIltGJRBpfpbCfJjgQ
Ready Player One? Lock and load, noobs! Carolyn and Vanessa are pumped to welcome our guests Jen and Meg from Indoorswomen for an X-Files multiplayer episode. Levels completed include 90s technology, video game tropes, gender roles, fashion reports, inappropriate and misleading hashtags, and so many corny jokes and laughs. Don't miss our hot takes and stay tuned as we christen our guests honorary members of the #ShipCrew. Shownotes and links: Check out our guests at https://www.indoorswomen.com/ Check out Feminist Frequency's YouTube series Tropes vs. Women in video Games: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 Sign up to be a patron for as little as $5/month and you'll get to hear bloopers, sneak peeks, and be involved in super special Patron things! Find us at http://www.patreon.com/notanotherxfpod Check us out on Twitter (www.twitter.com/notanotherxfpod), Instagram (www.instagram.com/notanotherxfpod), Facebook (www.facebook.com/notanotherxfpod), and Tumblr (http://notanotherxpod.tumblr.com)!
This discussion is the first of many about the news and games of the day. In this first recording we discuss two topics: our take on how we rate games and this year's GamerGate scandal. Our discussion about ratings started by Nate bringing up a discussion first inspired by Polygon's Quality Control Podcast[1] (the Bayonetta 2 episode), the thesis of which was that a perfect score is not necessarily an indicator of a perfect game but 'the highest recommendation a game can recieve.' Brian was leaning more in the other direction - that a perfect rating is in fact an indication of a perfect game and as such is exceedingly rare (if not impossible). Will's opinion was a bit less defined but he ultimately felt that we should attempt to rate across the spectrum of a full 10 point scale. To gain some perspective on our ratings, we talked about what some of our all-time favorite games are. Nate accused Will of having a 'big budget bias' when he brought up Mass Effect 2[2] and Half-Life 2[3] and countered with Myst[4] and Pokemon Crystal[5]. Will came back with some lower budget games: the classic Ghostbusters[6] and Magica[7]. Sadly though, not everything is coming up roses in late 2014, and through the eye of the GamerGate 'controversy' we take a glance at Anita Sarkeesian, the threats made against her, and her Kickstarted video series 'Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games'[8]. Our views on the entire debacle are somewhat tempered by Polygon's Letter From the Editor[9]. We then took a look at it Bayonetta 2[10] and how it was both feeding and fighting the problem. From GamerGate to the wide issue of rating systems, we hit the rounds, but never fear - this is just be the first conversation of many. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/polygons-quality-control/id925059601 [2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TORSII/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001TORSII&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=KLUYSKFPLL3A2BLW [3] http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/ [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst [5] http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Crystal_Version [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ghostbusters_video_games#Ghostbusters_.28Activision.29 [7] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JN176K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004JN176K&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=G3U2W7KSWGL3W4B2 [8] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 [9] http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6996601/on-gamergate-a-letter-from-the-editor [10] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DC7G1WE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DC7G1WE&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=D472VSSFZGW6CZ5D
This discussion is the first of many about the news and games of the day. In this first recording we discuss two topics: our take on how we rate games and this year's GamerGate scandal. Our discussion about ratings started by Nate bringing up a discussion first inspired by Polygon's Quality Control Podcast[1] (the Bayonetta 2 episode), the thesis of which was that a perfect score is not necessarily an indicator of a perfect game but 'the highest recommendation a game can recieve.' Brian was leaning more in the other direction - that a perfect rating is in fact an indication of a perfect game and as such is exceedingly rare (if not impossible). Will's opinion was a bit less defined but he ultimately felt that we should attempt to rate across the spectrum of a full 10 point scale. To gain some perspective on our ratings, we talked about what some of our all-time favorite games are. Nate accused Will of having a 'big budget bias' when he brought up Mass Effect 2[2] and Half-Life 2[3] and countered with Myst[4] and Pokemon Crystal[5]. Will came back with some lower budget games: the classic Ghostbusters[6] and Magica[7]. Sadly though, not everything is coming up roses in late 2014, and through the eye of the GamerGate 'controversy' we take a glance at Anita Sarkeesian, the threats made against her, and her Kickstarted video series 'Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games'[8]. Our views on the entire debacle are somewhat tempered by Polygon's Letter From the Editor[9]. We then took a look at it Bayonetta 2[10] and how it was both feeding and fighting the problem. From GamerGate to the wide issue of rating systems, we hit the rounds, but never fear - this is just be the first conversation of many. [1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/polygons-quality-control/id925059601 [2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TORSII/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001TORSII&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=KLUYSKFPLL3A2BLW [3] http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/ [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myst [5] http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Crystal_Version [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ghostbusters_video_games#Ghostbusters_.28Activision.29 [7] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004JN176K/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004JN176K&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=G3U2W7KSWGL3W4B2 [8] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 [9] http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/17/6996601/on-gamergate-a-letter-from-the-editor [10] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DC7G1WE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DC7G1WE&linkCode=as2&tag=emotpixepod06-20&linkId=D472VSSFZGW6CZ5D
Joe, Kevin, and Toren are joined by Critical Hit Show Dungeon Master Eric Fell to look at the caustic side of games and gaming! We discuss "Senet", the 5000 year old Egyptian board game, the anti-Dungeons & Dragons group "BADD", "The Book of Erotic Fantasy", chess-playing serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, and both the most offensive video game ("Ethnic Cleansing") and role-playing game (F.A.T.A.L.) we could find. We also look at this #GamerGate thing, and top it off with select gaming-related pop culture! Music: "Frogger! The Frogger Musical" by Paul and Storm Links Pinky & The Brain Theory Ancient Board Games The Pulling Report Book of Erotic Fantasy Fiasco RPG RPG.net review of F.A.T.A.L. Depression Quest #GamerGate - Indie GameJam Article Feminist Frequency YouTube Channel Storify 4Chan IRC Logs Dark Dungeons Chick Tract The Future of the Culture Wars is Here, and it's Gamergate - an excellent summary of the current #GamerGate situation. EricFell.com Critical Hit Show The Gentlemen Hecklers Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl43nzam8Z4#t=133 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6p5AZp7r_Q&list=PLn4ob_5_ttEaA_vc8F3fjzE62esf9yP61 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qc9JiIiOSQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGY1_LMiV-g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIObrPWHKqc