Hey Folks!  We missed last week because Bel was knocked a little bit down after his second Covid-19 Vaccination, but all is well and we are back this week.  We end up running quite a little bit over on this show.  We start talking about the unrealistic expectations of gamers and the nonsensical $10,000 MMO Kickstarter.  We talk about what the Disney Plus Marvel One Shot series are doing and how we have never quite seen this sort of thing before.  We talk relatively spoiler free about Falcon and Winter Soldier, and then say goodbye to Duck Tales.  From there we talk about Elder Scrolls Online and the semi-spontaneous return to the game and all of the content we have been playing.

Topics Discussed:

• The $10,000 MMO
• • DreamWorld
  • Discussion about unrealistic expectations in gaming
• Disney Plus Marvel Shows
• • Television version of a “Event Book”
  • Falcon and the Winter Soldier
  • Expectations for Star Wars Oneshots
• Goodbye Duck Tales
• Elder Scrolls
• • Returning to the Game
  • Jesters Festival
  • Extreme Amount of Content
  • Oddities of Guild Traders
  • Dark Anchor Leveling Nonsense

Tonight we recorded a relatively short show since we knew Sunday we would be losing an hour of time as we “spring forward”.  Tonight we have a handful of topics that have been floating around our list for a while.  Firstly we talk about folks being shocked that Roblox is apparently valued at 38 billion dollars during the initial public offering.  We talk about the concept of invisible games, or the games that media and gamers just aren’t talking about but are massive.  From there we talk about the importance of judgement free difficulty settings.  Tam talks a bit about exploring No Man’s Sky in Virtual Reality and how the game has changed over time.  Finally as we wrap up we talk about just how phenomenal WandaVision was and how all of you should go out and watch it.

Topics Discussed:

• Games that Games Media Don’t Talk About
• • Why Roblox is worth 38 billion dollars
  • Dungeon Fighter Online
  • Mobile Games
• Games Need Difficulty Settings
• • Challenges playing with Kids
  • Judgement Free Difficulty Settings
  • Accessibility Needs
• No Man’s Sky in VR
• • Valheim in Space?
• Watch WandaVision
• • No spoilers just talking about it being good

Tonight we have a bit of an odd show at the end of a painfully long week.  We talk about Outriders some more and how odd it is that they are patching the demo and being completely transparent about it.  Since more folks have played it there are some fresh impressions to go along with that. This breaks out into a broader discussion of live service games and the looter shooter genre.  From here we sorta make a trip down into comfort gaming and revisiting old familiar stories as a way of regulating mood.  Tam and Kodra talk about how they are wired a little differently and their version of this is playing some sort of game where they can enter a flow state and find peace and calm in the challenge.

Topics Discussed

• Outriders Patching the Demo
• • More thoughts about the game
  • Concerns about the setting
• Broad Discussion about Live Service Games
• • What makes success
  • Are regular story drops achievable?
• Comfort Gaming
• • Revisiting a story in a time of need
  • Tam and Kodra wired differently
  • • Flow state games
  • Using media to regulate moods