U.Gamers Podcast #120: Lifestyle update with Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD and more
Game/Life Balance U.S.
Shownotes Transcript
Catch up with Cody and Jon as they talk life milestones, Devil in the White City, Hearthstone, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, and Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD. Photo credit: Diavolomezzo) via Flickr) Show Notes:
Cody talks microphones, acoustics, and what kind of podcast you can expect to hear
Jon chastises Cody for not making enough Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney jokes when he interviewed Sam Castree III, Ace Attorney) on the podcast
Cody rants about how Radiolab ripped off his story about the Cryptolocker virus); Jon tries to debunk his theory of being ripped off directly, but Cody uses the power of the lottery and math to thwart his efforts
Jon tells an endless, boring, rambling story about why he hasn’t been on the podcast lately, and somehow manages to do so while clicking his mouse the entire time
Congratulations to Mister Manager, since Jon thinks he’s a big deal now because he sold his house (hear how it happened!)
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about listing a house, buying or selling a house, or any other miscellaneous real estate questions… then this is definitely not the podcast for you. But Jon talks in painstaking detail about those things anyway
Fun fact about Walt Disney and his dad, which serves as a seamless transition into Cody talking about Devil in the White City, an excellent book
Cody explains that reading Devil in the White City is infinitely more fun and rewarding than playing Hearthstone in literally every way
Jon claims that the Arena is still “kind of” fun, but Cody insists that Hearthstone generally just really sucks and is not a game “for him”
Cody gives an update on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which he’s now played for a bit over 50 hours
Cody describes the “buddy” system, including D-Horse, Diamond Dog, and Quiet, which is very cool
Cody also discusses the prevalence of side missions and dispatch missions in the context of main story missions
Jon discusses his first impressions of Final Fantasy: Type-0 HD, which Cody had also begun playing before he got MGSV
Jon explains the premise and beginning of the game, and he and Cody discuss how the “tutorial” near the beginning nearly ruined the game for both of them
Cody calls out the voice acting after Jon calls out some inconsistencies in what graphics had increased resolution and what graphics seem to have been forgotten
They discuss pacing in games and how things like the tutorial in this game can really mess up a game
Cody plugs the GonnaGeek Network), specifically All Things Good and Nerdy)
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