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Well the Golden Globes happened, and CES is still underway, hopefully you wont confuse the two. Lucasfilm dropped a thermal detonator's worth of news, a new star wars film, and a shows renewal. Xbox takes the first stage of 2024, and Star Citizen wants to take all your money, after it already did so. Layoffs continue in the gaming industry, as Hollywood kicks it back into high gear. Plus my favorite movies from 1991, since it was the year I was born. Come take a listen.
(Episode recorded 12/31/2023 maybe 5 hours before the start of 2024 THE FINAL YEAR.)Imgur Album: https://imgur.com/a/paESzx7Talking Points: THE FINAL YEAR(next year),the NPC maid class,William Wallace,2023 Psychic predictions,a black woman is speaking,listen and learn,yakuza pajamas,trailer park boys,bargain bins of bloomington,the runescape relapse(UNEXPECTED!),dirty goose ornament,The Armenian Scotch-Tape Graverobber,Tad has an interesting 'Olympics' memorabilia,The great patriotic war medal,Dracula Floeski,Duolingo,Kohl's Cash,Cursive Cyrillic,bunny kicks,my horse is an architect,omega strikers,Elden Ring,Summer Memories,gooning with the sweet fat of the hog,Outward,Hole In The Wall,Walmart Wagie Dance,Tad disassociates mid-episode,Tad's True or False,Triple Dorah all south signs,Mah-Shong,Fortnite Chores 2.0 and cool new Scifi Type Hoodies Check out the website for links to our shows on iTunes, GooglePlay and Spotify► http://www.lmtya.com► https://spoti.fi/2Q55yfL Peep us on Twitter► @LetMeTellYouPD Official Discord► https://discord.gg/SqyXJ9R /////// SHILL CORNER ///////► https://www.patreon.com/LMTYA LMTYA shirts!► https://represent.com/lmtya/////// SHILL CORNER ///////
*Insert Matt's attempt at a train whistle here* This train keeps rolling as the Spooktacular Express makes a stop at the spooky machinima station! Join us today as we take a deep dive into the psychological horror known as Emesis Blue - a full 100+ minute movie made using assets from Team Fortress 2 by Fortress Films. Before we can do that, Matt walks us through a bit of history of machinima, explains TF2 to us, does an overview of the roster of characters, and then gives us some of that good, good TF2 deep lore. Special thanks to our patron and treasured member of our Discord, Squirrelmancer, for having this SPOOOOOOKY episode commissioned for their birthday! HEY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE SPOOKTACULAR REVIEW-A-THON? Spooktacular Review-a-thon: -Step 1: Review the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Goodpods, or anywhere else you can write reviews! -Step 2: Take a screenshot of your review, post it to social media, and tag us @debatethiscast -Step 3: We'll read your review in a spooky voice during the October ad breaks! -If we get 20 new reviews this month, we'll make Todd play another spooky game live on Twitch! (Or maybe it's Kyle because he missed this recording) -You can watch last years stream at https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast Required viewing: Emesis Blue Fortress Films Team Fortress 2 - Meet Them All Red vs Blue: Season 1, Episode 1 Have you seen our Twitter? twitter.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail MERCH! We have that! Right now you can go on the internet and order things that say Debate This! On them! All you need to do is head to our Redbubble page and give us your money! You can find that Redbubble page with relative ease by going to www.debatethiscast.com and visiting the “Support the Show” page. Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a Creative Commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net!
Join Stubbs, Rob, Aish, and Aquaklef of GameTechTalk for a wild ride of news and views! Can you believe we're getting Hall Sticks in a sub $100 device!? GameForce is bringing that Chi energy to their latest offerings, including an RK3566 AND 3588S variant! Tune in to hear our thoughts on this and these other fun topics:-GameForce ACE & Indie-AYANEO Pocket Air Performance Fix-AYANEO Slide IGG Launch-AYA Pocket S Dpad fixed-SteamOS 3.5 MAJOR PERFORMANCE UPDATE-Nintendo Direct & Sony State of Play September-Get to know Aquaklef / GameTechTalk!-Adore Keep Delete-The most DISSAPOINTING handheld of the year?-The most HOPEFUL device on the horizon-What handhelds do we actually keep long term?Watch this episode on YT: https://youtube.com/RetroHandheldsFind our panel online:https://youtube.com/@retrotechdad https://youtube.com/@GameTechTalk Please watch Russ's Pocket Air follow-up video for more information on the performance fix:@retrogamecorps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxNR5vtZmcQ
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Join the HG101 gang as they discuss and rank the wildly popular sequel to a 90s Quake mod. This weekend's Patreon Bonus Get episode will be MINDJACK! Donate at Patreon to get this bonus content and much, much more! Follow the show on Bluesky to get the latest and straightest dope. Check out what games we've already ranked on the Big Damn List, then nominate a game of your own via five-star review on Apple Podcasts! Take a screenshot and show it to us on our Discord server! Intro music by NORM. 2023 © Hardcore Gaming 101
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Jeje está de férias, então nesta semana estamos de duplinha. O programa começa com uma conversa de Pikmin 4, lançado na semana passada, mas segue para a Soberba de Caio Teixeira™, em assuntos relacionados a Team Fortress 2 e CS: GO. A gente também revisita brevemente Pokémon Unite, Exoprimal e a liga Overwatch.Participantes:Caio TeixeiraHeitor De PaolaAssuntos abordados:06:00 - Barbienheimer16:00 - Pikmin 445:00 - Team Fortress 2 e a soberba de Caio Teixera52:00 - Farlight 841:03:00 - Um tiquinho de Pokémon Unite e Overwatch 21:18:00 - ExoprimalVenha fazer parte do Discord do Overloadr! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In solidarity with the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strike this will be our last week reporting on new and newly released TV and Movie content, so we will go out with a bang a review of Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I. Also the Xbox-Activision acquisition is one step closer to completion, finally. Also we will start talking about old movies, and going over things that are already out to you san enjoy content without being a scab! Lets all take a listen!
Leonard, Matthew and Cameron discuss the perils of repeated respawning in the film, Emesis Blue (2023). Contact: www.monsterdear.monster
John Lowrie is a voice actor who is best known for voicing Sniper in Team Fortress 2 as well as many other Valve games. #valve #teamfortress2 #dota2 SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER- https://twitter.com/johnpatricklowr YOUTUBE - @johnlowrie3070 TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:35 - Difference Between The Australian And NZ Accent01:14 - Learning Accents/Different British Accents/NZ & Australia Accents04:38 - South African Accents/NZ TV Shows/Studying An Accent05:55 - Studying Accents Well Watching A Series/German Accents07:15 - Doing An Accent Without It Sounding Comical08:46 - Differences In How Americans Speak10:20 - Accents That Are Hard To Do11:39 - History Of Writing In Then Video Game Industry/Working With Valve Writers13:27 - The Art Of Recording Vocals For Video Games15:20 - Adlibbing/Zany Nature Of Valve Writers16:55 - Being The Narrator On Total Annihilation20:35 - Film Vs Voice Acting23:15 - Composing For The Church And The Darkness/Composing For Search For The Sandwich24:30 - Time Vs Space25:00 - How Search For The Sandwich Came About29:15 - Being Invited To The Major For Dota 2 In Peru30:27 - Countries John Has Travelled To31:10 - John Wants To Do PAX Aus32:45 - Keeping Team Fortress 2 Alive33:48 - Team Fortress 3/Valve Hierarchy 34:51 - Gabe Newell/Buffer Between Devs & Questions/Fan Mail36:40 - Deadlines/Artistic World Vs Business World42:20 - Chat GPT& A.I.ba Can Be Used For Good Or Evil46:45 - Western Culture Monetises Everything/The Brain Is Not Aware Of Itself/Amazing Things Coming Out Of Pain50:15 - YouTubers Compromising/Quality Vs Quantity/ The Infinite Cage54:00 - Artistic Goals
Bienvenidas y bienvenidos a Recarga Activa, el podcast diario de AnaitGames en el que filtramos lo más relevante de la actualidad del videojuego en pildorazos de 10-15 minutos:1️⃣ Animal Well, Ethernights, Pacific Drive y Pixeljunk Scrappers Deluxe, en la última actualización de PlayStation Indies2️⃣ Jean Guesdon, director creativo de Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, se va de Ubisoft tras 17 años en la compañía3️⃣ Team Fortress 2 recibirá una nueva actualización este veranoSuscríbete para recibir el siguiente episodio en tu gestor de podcasts favorito. Puedes apoyar nuestro proyecto (y acceder a un montón de contenido exclusivo) en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anaitreload♫ Sintonía del programa: Senseless, de Johny Grimes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Links and show notes: www.completelymachinima.comCredits -Speakers: Damien Valentine, Tracy Harwood, Ricky Grove, Phil RiceProducer: Ricky GroveEditor: Damien ValentineMusic: licensed from CreateStudio Pro
Our final instalment of The Orange Box! This week, we cover Half Life 2: Episode 2 & Team Fortress 2. Do these games complete The Orange Box, & does it deserve the place on the list as a whole?
This week we have a brand new guest! Random Individual joins us to talk about the ongoing issues with the Valve classic Team Fortress 2. Special Thanks to hackers who make the games super fun...Executive Producer Bryan “President of Calendars” Dressel Viceroy of Producing Jonathan Hardesty @movieguyjonKing Koopa of Editing Ryan JamesIntro by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/policyHost Brok Holliday @damageboostpodTikTok: Damageboostpodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/damageboostTwitch at damageboostpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@damageboostpodcasthttps://www.twitch.tv/damageboostpodcastEmail us at damageboostpodcast@gmail.comGuest: Random Individual @RandomIndivdualhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivg5CaaNIxWBvCvcmzSgQQ
Nic and Bobby check out Cult of the Lamb, the new cult-based roguelike. Bobby gets prepared for Wrath of the Lich King, Amanda returns from her trip and Emilio plays Cursed to Golf.TOPICSThe Case of the Golden Idol, GigaBash, Entropy: Zero 2, Gander National Park, RumbleVerse, Inkbound, Dinkum, Cult of the Lamb, Team Fortress 2, Gorn, Google Earth VR, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Cursed to Golf, StacklandsFor more, check out dlgaming.net!
On this episode of This Week in Linux: OpenGL Celebrates Its 30th Birthday, Linux Laptop Landslide, Xonotic 0.8.5 Released, Darktable 4.0 Released, Lennart Poettering Goes To Microsoft, Open Source Ban In Microsoft Store?, KaOS 2022.06 Released, Burn My Windows, Humble LEGO Games Bundle, Team Fortress 2 Gets Massive Update, Sinishter Wendy Merch Drop, all that […]
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We're back! Get ready for a summer edition of the Indie & Retro Podcast. Kicking things off: Team Fortress 2. This episode we talk about my formative years playing the game, get into the dev stuff, and ramble about hats. Yes, I said hats!
Greetings listeners and welcome to Wind Down Wednesday where today I talked about the vibrant life of tf2 enjoy the rest of your day and have a great Technically Unbothered Weekend! . Be part of the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/TechnicallyUnbotheredThePodcast . . Share. Like. Subscribe. Review. Download. https://anchor.fm/joshua-nathan . . Find us on The CrossPods https://www.thecrosspods.com/games-hobb . . Catch me streaming almost every day! twitch.tv/22enigma7 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp5E3B51Qt0IxNt8DKZexhA?view_as=subscriber.
We all play Dungeons and Dragons: Dark Alliance and agree that’s it’s kind of a mess. Bobby & Nic watch Ryan Reynold’s new video game themed movie, Free Guy while Emilio checks out Bloodroot and the new remastered Diablo II game. TOPICSAliens: Fireteam Elite, 12 Minutes, Psychonauts 2, Tetris Effect: Connected, Road 96, Dungeons &...
This episode Nick and Eli talk about their favorite stress-relieving games. From Super Mario Oddysey to Team Fortress 2, hear some of our recommendations for games that promote good vibes.Thanks for listening to our podcast! Please like and share of you've enjoyed listening to us. We couldn't do it without you :)Music:Intro and Outro Music: Fix The Gear (Oscar Azcautli) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObtLQJVCD5w&ab_channel=OscarAzcautliMario & Chill (Helynt and GameChops) https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBsm_SagFMmefZzqPX4iD8FxlbQMI5eHs&v=GdzrrWA8e7A&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=GameChopsMercenary Park (Valve, Mike Morasky and Valve Studio Orchestra)Zelda & Chill (Mikel and GameChops) https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBsm_SagFMmefZzqPX4iD8FxlbQMI5eHs&v=GdzrrWA8e7A&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=GameChops A Boss Approaches (Nintendo, Mahito Yokota)
In this followup from last week, Matt and Galen continue exploring TF2's history and legacy but examining different subcultures around TF2. Keywords: Hats, Gmod, SFM, YTPMV, Gentlementlemen
In this episode, Matt and Galen give an overview on the gameplay and legacy of the hero-shooter TF2. Keywords: Meet the, Pocket Medic, friendly Hoovy, Overwatch, Pootis
Nobody likes being backstabbed in the face. Kirsten-Ria presents 10 Times Video Games Cheated To Beat You...ENJOY!Follow us on Twitter:@KirstenRiaa@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.
Guys, Team Fortress 2 has been around since 2007. How is this game still going? How is there such a userbase to the point of having YouTubers like LazyPurple making amazing videos on this game? What is this game doing right that others are not? Do you currently play Team Fortress 2? If so, talk about it in the comments below and talk about your favorite characters to use. Subscribe and hit that bell so you can get notifications about our weekly show. Listen in as we record weekly at twitch.tv/superarrogantbros Join the Arrogant Media Military Complex at patreon.com/arrogantmedia Give us a like at facebook.com/arrogantmedia
Join us as we talk about one of the most fun and wacky first-person-shooters ever made, Team Fortress 2! Hosts: Jared Gonzalez, Patrick Pereira. Editor: Joseph Hall. Producer: Jared Gonzalez.
Today we're gonna meet the team and have ourselves a merry little Smissmas. If you wanna see the video version of what went on, check out the Patreon.
Nick joins us to talk about achievements in video games. Bobby plays Stirring Abyss and is disappointed to find that Team Fortress 2 is overrun with bots. Emilio finishes The Boys season 2. Going for Golden Eye, Stirring Abyss, Team Fortress 2, The Game Awards, Warhammer 40k: Battle Sister, Sex With Stalin, Mandalorian Season 2,...
First I was afraid, I was petrified. Thought I'd never be carbon sequestered. But the scientists don't care. They don't need a basilisk (or catchy disco songs) to petrify CO2 in industrial waste.The technological singularity wasn't supposed to happen like this. TF2 bots have decided they don't need us meatbags anymore and are going to war against hackers. It's only a matter of time before the bots go up against their creator.Akon is designing a city in Senegal specifically to attract economic giants and create a home away from home for the black diaspora. WAkonda forever.This week Professor reached into his magic powers and DJ did nothing at all.Industrial waste’s new superpower : Petrification - https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/industrial-waste-can-turn-planet-warming-carbon-dioxide-stoneTeam Fortress 2 : Bots vs Bots - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-09-04-the-team-fortress-2-community-is-fighting-bots-with-botsA real life Wakanda powered by Akon - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/black-panther-wakanda-akon-6-billion-senegal/Games PlayedDJ– DNPRating: 0/5Professor- Spellbreak - https://playspellbreak.com/enRating: 3.5/5Other topics discussedŌkunoshima (A small island in the Inland Sea of Japan. It is often called Usagi Shima (うさぎ島, "Rabbit Island") because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island. The rabbits are rather tame and will approach humans.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8CkunoshimaThis Island Is Overrun With Rabbits—Here's Why It's a Problem- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/rabbit-island-japan-overrun-tourism-spd/Charcoal (a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) so as to drive off all water and other volatile constituents. In the traditional version of this pyrolysis process, called charcoal burning, the heat is supplied by burning part of the starting material itself, with a limited supply of oxygen.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharcoalThe Changing Role of Coal in Electrical Generation- https://www.nuscalepower.com/environment/coal-plantsHalf-life (The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today, Sir Mayhem Talks about TF2! The gore induced game filled with maniacs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/profanitarium/message
This episode we investigate our first world from gaming with Team Fortress 2, a first person shooter with a surprising amount of lore and character background. We explore how even the most simple game on the surface can have some intriguingly deep lore as well as diving into the personalities of each character you can play. Additionally, we find a world that doesn't take itself to serious and discuss how lore and backstories don't have to be like a history book and can be more like a fun story.Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/livingbytheloreTwitter - https://twitter.com/LivingbytheLoreIf you enjoyed rate us on iTunes at: https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/living-by-the-lore/id1508853028
This week, we take a rocket jump into Valve's class based first-person shooter (or hat simulator), Team Fortress 2. Known for breaking the mold in multiplayer FPS design, jump-starting the trend of micro-transactions in multiplayer games, and for having some of the craziest lore, Team Fortress 2 has shaped the modern game industry like few before. RIP Rick May Content Warning: Strong Language Created by Derek Delago and Jordan Hester Music by Jack Ellis
Be Your Own Nerd | Technology Help and Advice Podcast | I Help Make The Tech In Your Life Fun Again
In this episode, I warn gamers about playing Team Fortress 2, Garry's Mod, and Counter-Strike (CS:GO) because of a dangerous source code leak. Hello and welcome to the Be Your Own Nerd podcast. My name is Shawn and I help make the tech in your life fun again. It can be anything you have questions about or trouble with, such as your laptop, phone, TV, etc. You can always reach out to me on my website, BeYourOwnNerd.com. You can also submit your tech questions on there to be included in a future podcast. Have a great tech day
This week Uncle Dane joins August and Matt to talk about Team Fortress 2, There Will Be Blood, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Paranormal Activity 3, and The Shining. You can find Uncle Dane at https://www.youtube.com/user/danethebrain and https://twitter.com/danekevincook
Folks, this week, it's video games.
IAAAAAAAAAAAAAA CRY SOME MORE! MOVE SCHNELL! MEDIC! *Balbucia inteligível* LAST ONE ALIVE LOCK THE DOOR! *viro para a câmera enquanto um figado voa entre nós* Oh! Olá! não vi você ai pois estava trancado em AMARGO PORÉM DELICIOSO COMBATE de um jogo que já é mais velho do que gente com ataque de ansiedade pela pressão da sociedade de ser alguém de valor. Venha conosco com quackclube.nodecraft.games e venha jogar TEAM FORTRESS 2. Team Fortress 2 no Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/440/Team_Fortress_2/ Quack! Discord de Jogos: https://discord.gg/GPekkZP Quack! Grupo de Steam/Curadoria: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/28335613-Quack-Clube-de-Jogos/ Quack! Podcast de Jogos: https://anchor.fm/quack-clube-de-jogos Quack! Twitter: https://twitter.com/quackclube
Our Game of the Year nominees are announced, Chi returns from Japan DLG Con 2020 rooms are now available! Check out the room options and book early to save. Bobby begins A Plague Tale: Innocence, Chi plays the new Stardew Valley 1.4 update and Emilio plays more Team Fortress 2. Support us by checking out...
The year is almost over, and it’s time to start thinking about our DLG Game of the Year. Bobby gets back into Team Fortress 2 and plays a literal puzzle game. Emilio tries out a few games from his queue, but only liked Hand of Fate 2. Rey gets into VR and plays some co-op...
Team Fortress 2 has had loot crates for over a decade, and built into Steam support for selling the items you get out of those crates for real money. However, a glitch today has thrown that economy into complete disarray! Join me on Pretty Dece today to discuss what happened with the glitch, how exactly the glitch has affected the economy, and what Valve is doing to fix the issue. PrettyDeceShow.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prettydece/support
You love multiplayer games? cause you know your boys love multiplayer games! This week the homies are talking about some of our favorite multiplayer games of all time and some of our personal favorite memories in these games. Come drop us a follow on instagram and tell us about some of your favorite multiplayer games and some of your best stories. Thank y'all for supporting and tuning in! We love y'all.The HomiesSupport the show (https://www.Patreon.com/withthehomiespodcast)
October has come and gone and with it the spooks, spectres and skeletons dig into the each for another year. But QOTM? You can't get rid of it that easily. Talking points: Karkalicious, ferris bueller, esports, brentalfloss on blast, Garrosh did nothing wrong, catfight, buff clown girls, my hero academia, webcomics, mtg, scream fortress Check out the website for links to our shows on iTunes and GooglePlay ► http://www.lmtya.com Peep us on Twitter ► @LetMeTellYouPD Official Discord ► https://discord.gg/SqyXJ9R /////// SHILL CORNER /////// ► https://www.patreon.com/LMTYA LMTYA shirts! ► https://represent.com/lmtya /////// SHILL CORNER /////// LMTYA Theme by ► https://www.huskyswonderfulmusicland.net/
Join Brian, Kevin, and our new host Eric as they bore themselves to death with Team Fortress 2. Is TF2 really one of the milestones in online first person shooters or did everyone just like the hats?
The tone and gameplay similarities are abundantly clear between Team Fortress and Overwatch, so we read some xover stuff in an attempt to combine the two worlds - for better or worse. Today's readings: TEAM FORTRESS 2 X OVERWATCH - supersolidsnake Meet the New Life, Not the Same as the Old Life - Rockgod96 Rate and review us on iTunes and follow us on Twitter & Facebook! Want to submit an embarrassing work of your own? Email us at: bruise@bruisedthumbs.com WTF Did I Just Read? is a collection of fan-fiction read by us and in no means is meant to make fun of the authors or the themes discussed in them. You wrote it. We just read it. Theme: Martin Landh - Racing Hearts
[// Pregenerate link to episode ahead of time: - clicktotweet.com- sharelinkgenerator.com]: # This week, T is Tanking, G and Z take Offense as they all push the payload towards the goal: Discovering what is the appeal of Overwatch, and what makes people a fan of it. Are there fans that try to embody characters when they play? Why is Hanzo maining a bad thing? How did fan's react to Tracer's girlfriend? All this and more as we dig into the fandom! Next week, SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT: We'll be talking about fans of Rick and Morty (with a special guest)! ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **History and Origins:** Overwatch is a class-based, online first-person shooter (FPS) developed by Blizzard Entertainment released in May 2016. Mechanically, the game consists of two teams of six "heroes" each working towards some objective depending on the game mode. There are over twenty heroes, each with their own unique abilities and skills broadly grouped into "offense", "defense", "tank", and "support" roles. As far as the story of the game: > Soldiers. Scientists. Adventurers. Oddities. > > In a time of global crisis, an international task force of heroes banded together to restore peace to a war-torn world: Overwatch. > > It ended the crisis and helped to maintain peace in the decades that followed, inspiring an era of exploration, innovation, and discovery. But after many years, Overwatch's influence waned, and it was eventually disbanded. > > Overwatch is gone… but the world still needs heroes. > > Now, conflict is rising across the world again, and the call has gone out to heroes old and new. Are you with us? > > — [Fanlore - Overwatch](https://fanlore.org/wiki/Overwatch) **Search Data:** Looking at the [search data for Overwatch](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F0128442n), search interest in the game has been on a slow decline since about August of 2016, but still remains fairly popular. The largest spike in popularity occurred in May 2016, which likely coincides with the open beta of the game. The top ten countries, by search volume, are: South Korea (by a large margin), Singapore, Finland, Sweeden, Norway, Canada, Australia, United States, Taiwan, and New Zealand. **Size of Fandom:** Looking at some of the data... - Approximately 1.1 million subscribers on [r/overwatch](https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/) - Over 138 000 subscribers on [r/CompetitiveOverwatch](https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/) - Almost 120 000 subscribers on [r/OverwatchUniversity](https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchUniversity/) - As of last January, the game itself [had over 25 million players](https://www.polygon.com/2017/1/27/14417214/how-many-people-play-overwatch-25-million) Easily, the number of fans **is in the tens of millions**. **Fan Demographics:** There seems to be no shortage of sites that will give details on the _characters_, but not so much on the players. For example, [Overwatch Tracker](https://overwatchtracker.com/insights) offers data on hero playtime and skill rankings, and from that we can see some general data points about the _game_. However, we're more interested in the _players_. From [this thread in the Overwatch subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/4ngttm/overwatch_demographic_survey_lets_get_some_data/), we can get _some_ data from its over 3000 respondents: - **Gender:** 83.3% Male, 14.9% Female - **Age:** Almost 70% of respondents are under the age of 24 - **Frequency:** Almost 50% of respondents play every day; just over 30% play 3-5 times a week A slightly different investigation on [Gender Influence in Hero Choice](https://inkspire.org/post/does-gender-influence-hero-choice-in-overwatch-data-analysis/-KnvQU-V6c9xnp7RSxod) puts the number of female players closer to 21% (and provides some other interesting data). **Fast Facts:** - Overwatch has almost 22 000 fan works on [Archive Of O
This week, T is Tanking, G and Z take Offense as they all push the payload towards the goal: Discovering what is the appeal of Overwatch, and what makes people a fan of it. Are there fans that try to embody characters when they play? Why is Hanzo maining a bad thing? How did fan's react to Tracer's girlfriend? All this and more as we dig into the fandom!
Post Halloween the boyz talk about bullshit bugfights, flamboyent fisticuffs, and a b-retty good Blizzcon. Talking Points: which one of us is the REAL bad-at-videogames-one?, david bowie's triumphant return, input reading fucking cheaters, contractual obligations, SECRET TECH, bing bing wahoo and etc. Check out the website for links to our shows on iTunes and GooglePlay http://www.lmtya.com Peep us on Twitter @LetMeTellYouPD Official Discord https://discord.gg/SqyXJ9R https://www.patreon.com/LMTYA
On this episode of “Nerd Rage: The Great Debates,” we get some of Komedio's biggest gamers in one room to talk team-based, FPS superiority! Can the new kid on the block, Overwatch, ultimately get on the payload, or does Father Time have no bearing on TF2's intelligence? With not a single hat or loot box in sight, it's DEFINITELY time to rage! Special Guests: Erik Krasner, Justin Gomes, Mike Manfrin, and Tirumari Jothi. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
This week we tackle our first multiplayer-only and first free-to-play title, Valve's Team Fortress 2. The online FPS has been around for almost a decade and still sees an incredibly active community, due in no small part to the decision to make it free-to-play in 2011. Joining us in our discussion this week is Jack Packard, former Funny or Die funnyman, Red Letter Media staple, and co-host of the YouTube channel Previously Recorded. Part 2 centers almost entirely on Team Fortress 2. The aesthetic, comedy, emergent narratives, and even the cross marketing. Have you ever wondered if a conga line can ruin a video game? Jack Packard's argument certainly might make you think differently about the seemingly innocuous party dance. Outro music: Tiny Barbarian DX 'Vators Gonna Bait' by Hylian Lemon (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03298) You can follow the show on Twitter: @BestGamesPeriod Or download the podcast from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thebestgamesperiod You can find Jack Packard on Twitter: @Harlack Or on Previously Recorded (https://www.youtube.com/user/PreRecRLM) and occasionally on Red Letter Media (http://redlettermedia.com/)
This week we tackle our first multiplayer-only and first free-to-play title, Valve's Team Fortress 2. The online FPS has been around for almost a decade and still sees an incredibly active community, due in no small part to the decision to make it free-to-play in 2011. Joining us in our discussion this week is Jack Packard, former Funny or Die funnyman, Red Letter Media staple, and co-host of the YouTube channel Previously Recorded. In part one, we all take our sweet time to get to anything related to Team Fortress 2, instead discussing Jack's twisting career path, Dark Souls 3, Stardew Valley, and the life of an internet creator. Maybe we were having a good time or maybe we were mirroring the 9 year development process that Team Fortress 2 went through. Who can say? Outro music: Double Dragon III: Sacred Stones 'Trouble in Japan' by Nostalvania (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03307) Rimshot sound effect "rimshot" uploaded by Archive.org user Gotta_Laff under Creative Commons 3.0 copyright (https://archive.org/details/rimshot_739) You can follow the show on Twitter: @BestGamesPeriod Or download the podcast from Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thebestgamesperiod You can find Jack Packard on Twitter: @Harlack Or on Previously Recorded (https://www.youtube.com/user/PreRecRLM) and occasionally on Red Letter Media (http://redlettermedia.com/)