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Mass Effect Companion Tier List Supercut! - Podcast Episode 55

🚀 Welcome aboard the S.S. Hot Takes where we’re ranking every Mass Effect companion based on vibes, trauma levels, and how likely they are to survive a group project. 💥 Will Garrus calibrate his way to S-tier? Is Jack still the queen of biotic breakdowns? Can anyone out-bro Wrex? We're talking space romances, walking red flags, angsty assassins, and enough existential dread to fuel a Reaper. 👀 🛸 Hit play, scream in the comments, and remember: there is no tier high enough for Mordin’s singing career. 🎤🧬

Mass Effect 3 Companions: Ranked! - Episode 54

Join AMKomnenos, BananaHammockRepublic, and LegionGrey for the LOOOOOOOONG awaited conclusion to our Mass Effect companions tier list! We've finally released the discussion of the 3 companions that are introduced in the final installment of the trilogy. With only 3 entries in this episode, could there really be an S tier? Could there be an F tier? Could we stay on topic? Of course not! But we stay within Mass Effect at least. Feel free to weigh in with your own tier list in the comments!

To Sequel or Not to Sequel - Podcast Episode 53 - The Witcher, Uncharted, Red Dead, Mass Effect

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as we tackle the topic of sequels in gaming. We dig into the video games that follow up on a story and build off it, and attempt to identify the games that really delivered with the continuation. Which sequels satisfied and which sequels let us down? How do spiritual successors and prequels fit in? Do we want to see any sequels that were never made? Have we played sequels that never should have been? And most importantly, how does Final Fantasy fit into this?

Game Sounds You'll Never Forget - Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda - Podcast Episode 52

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as we discuss memorable audio cues in our experiences with gaming. We attempt to recall those special soundbytes that can instantly take us back to a moment in time when we played some of our favorite games. Join us as we provide a (definitely not complete) list of those video game sounds that can define a game for us, and a handful of those sounds that can ruin a game. Feel free to share your own in the comments!

Is Relatability Important in Gaming? - Podcast 51 - Death Stranding, Mass Effect, Hollow Knight

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as we discuss relatable characters in video games. What is it that we find connects us to these characters? Can we relate to characters other than the main character, or even NPCs? Does a character need to be fleshed out for us to find something to identify with? Does the connection to a character even need to be major aspect of their personality? Join us for an investigation into the characters we've latched onto over the years, and feel free to offer your relatable characters!

The BIG 5-0! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! - Podcast Episode 50

We're celebrating episode 50 of the podcast with a collection of outtakes, bloopers, and general mishaps that we've encountered along the way. It should come as no surprise that over the course of recording 49 previous episodes, we've had to cut quite a great deal out of our episodes. We're sharing a lot of that cut content with you now! (And we promise it's not because we haven't recorded something new!)

Game Length or Girth? - Ep. 49 - Metaphor, Mass Effect, Baldur's Gate 3, Final Fantasy, Dragon Age

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as they discuss the impact that a game's length can have on the gameplay experience. Is there a universal cutoff for game time that qualifies as too long? Can a game be engaging enough that the actual play time doesn't matter? Does pacing affect how a long a game feels? Is game length more important for specific genres? Is your favorite game too long?

When Did Gaming STOP Being Fun? - Ep. 48 - Morrowind, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, Civilization, Madden

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as they dig into a very pervasive concept within the video game community especially in regard to the game review process: comparison being the thief of joy. We discuss the trend within the gaming community to anticipate disappointment in new game releases, and the tendency to fall back on the "this isn't as good as the previous game" criticism. Does this same bias exist in other media? Do we encourage this behavior within the community? Do developers encourage it with their behavior?

The BEST VILLAINS (in gaming)! - Ep. 47 - Final Fantasy, Knights of the Old Republic, Red Dead

Join AMKomnenos, Banana, and Legion as they dive into a major aspect of most of our favorite games: villains! What makes for a great villain? What makes a villain memorable or compelling? How do video games approach villains in a unique way? Is every villain just a hero with a different perspective? We discuss our most memorable and iconic villains and antagonists from the word of gaming (and a few of the ones that fell short).

EPIC Moments in Gaming! (SPOILERS) - Ep. 46 - Final Fantasy, Metroid, Starcraft, KotOR

THIS WILL BE A VERY SPOILER HEAVY EPISODE! Please use the timestamps below to navigate the episode if you want to avoid spoilers. Join AMKomnenos, BananaHammockRepublic, and LegionGrey as we discuss those moments in gaming that had the most significant impact on gamers and the industry over the years. We dig into the moments in games that lingered with us for whatever reason; the moments that managed to have a big emotional impact, the moments that forced us to re-evaluate our understanding of the game (and sometimes the real world), and those moments that just made us say "WTF!"