The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast Brian Barnett

This week, Brian, Kris and Lucas discuss the effects of hurricanes on gamers. We also discuss Elden Ring, Gestalt: Steam and Cinder, Final Fantasy 14, and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Intro - 0:00 |
Elden Ring DLC - 5:56 |
Gestalt: Steam & Cinder - 26:07 |
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail - 36:42 |
Sackboy: A Big Adventure - 1:14:36 |
Encouraging People To Experience Life - 1:18:31 |
Outro - 1:24:36 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


+ The Worst Promise |
+ I, For One, Could Believe Lucas Is Made Of Butter |
Butter Lucas |
+ The Balatro Never Ceased |
+ Over By The Turtle Pope |
+ Not The Most Enjoyable Kind Of Hanky-Panky |
+ Just Throw Me Into The Sea |
+ Shutting The F**k Up Is Free |
+ Hated Endwalker So Much, I Went Back to WoW: Shadowlands |
It's Worse Than Filler, It's Just Garbage |
+ Cranking the Face Sliders to 500% is Comedy Gold |
+ Shoutouts to Wuk Lamat |
+ Giant Two-Headed Lizard Shows Up And Fixes Everyone's Problems |
+ Do I Actually Believe What I'm About To Say? |
The Lucas Spit-Take Is Delightful |
+ Sixpool Zerg Rush or You're Not Eating Dinner |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

This week, an unsupervised Kris and Lucas co-opt the podcast for real RPG sicko discussions. We also discuss Final Fantasy 14, Shin Megami Tensei 5, Stellaris, Mon-Yu, and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS


Intro - 0:00 |
Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail - 0:46 |
Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance - 46:51 |
Stellaris - 1:27:27 |
Mon-Yu - 1:31:11 |
Outro - 1:45:09 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


+ The Shin Megami Tensei 5 Power Hour |
Brian Said Something About A Blowjob, But Might Just Be A Hurricane |
+ In Case of Primal, Break Glass |
Okay, FF7 Reference, Here We Go... No! It Was a 1.0 Reference All Along! |
+ What If We Just Told FF4 Again, But Worse |
+ Healing Difficulty Level is Dependent on How Much My Teammates Fuck Up |
Anytime You Make A Choice, She's Like "You Shouldn't Trust Either of These Motherfuckers" |
+ 7/10, But A Really Good 7/10
+ Truly A Sicko Episode If There Ever Was One |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode hosted and edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

This week, Brian, Kris and Will await the Dune Messiah film discourse. We also discuss Dustborn, Dragon Age 2, and 1000xRESIST, and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy. (And bring back Unreal Tournament!)

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Intro - 0:00 |
Dial M For Murder - 2:29 |
Dune Messiah - 5:44 |
Dustborn - 17:48 |
The Alters - 28:40 |
Balatro (Mods) - 31:33 |
Dragon Age II (and the series) - 44:33 |
EA, BioWare, Titanfall - 1:16:13 |
1000xRESIST - 1:25:25 |
Outro - 1:38:35 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


What Has Your Copy Wrought |
Not Today, Satan |
I Hope Localthunk Makes Enough To Buy A Desert Island, Which I Would Play Balatro On |
The Book Of Grudges |
Harry Potter And The Audacity Of This Bitch |
It's A Shame They Never Made A Sequel To The Last Jedi |
We Can Follow This Rabbit Down All The Different Holes |
The Moral of the Story is Just "F**k EA" |
Donatello Has Fallen! |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠⁠⁠⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

This week, Brian, Kris and Will talk about older MMO designs and fighting game guest characters. We also discuss The Legend of Heroes, 1000xResist, Kingdom Hearts, and a smattering of other topics. Also Will disbelieves Australia. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Australia Isn't Real - 0:00 |
Intro - 0:50 |
The State Of WoW - 3:15 |
Older MMOs and Early Game Design - 20:08 |
Fighting Game Guest Characters - 31:11 |
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky - 39:35 |
1000xResist - 48:25 |
The Alters Demo - 55:52 |
Kingdom Hearts/Dark & Deep - 58:03 |
Kris’ New PC & Elden Ring - 1:05:41 |
Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance - 1:10:58 |
Outro - 1:20:54 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


+ Australia Isn't Real |
Noone Can Run Crysis, But I'd Love To See You Try |
Frost Death Knight Tank, My Beloved... |
+ You're Not Talking Shit About Ulduar To My Face |
Lockrocks and Hellevators |
+ I'm Gonna Roleplay As A Shitposter |
+ What You're Saying is, The Porn Needs To Have Plot |
+ SOMEBODY Has To Lay Pipe!
Most Games Inspired By Super Metroid Miss The Point of Super Metroid |
+ I Gave Myself A Colonoscopy This Morning, Don't Worry |
+ Mai Time |
+ Guile Protects The Skies, Luke Commits War Crimes |
+ I Have To Worry That Luke Was At January 6th |
Terry Bogard Has Never Not Been A Well Dressed Man |
+ The Degeneracy Continues, Much To Lucas' Chagrin |
+ You Will Fuck Around, And Everyone Else Will Find Out |
+ That Was Cool, But Also Fuck You |
+ Burn It All Down, Whole System's F****d, We're Coming For You, God! |
+ Have You Fought Matador Today? You Gonna Learn! |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠⁠⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠⁠⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

This week, Brian, Kris and Lucas talk about upcoming games announced at Summer Games Fest and other sources. We also discuss Trails in the Sky, Reus 2, KILL KNIGHT, and a smattering of other topics. We also talk about cricket. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Intro - 0:00 |
EA Cricket - 5:30 |
Upcoming Games We're Excited For - 8:30 |
Balatro - 53:15 |
The Legend Of Heroes: Trails In The Sky - 1:00:19 |
Lucas Demos - 1:23:37 |
Reus 2 - 1:34:18 |
KILL KNIGHT - 1:44:40 |
Outro - 1:57:05 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


+Gotta Know What A Crumpet Is Before You Can Play Cricket |
+My Name is Mayo Meets Asura's Wrath, But It's Cricket |
A 5v5 Shooter? Daring Today, Aren't We |
+This Show is the Perfect Evolution of Beard Growth |
+Level Up Lucas in the Day to Evolve Him to Brian, in the Night to Evolve Him to Kris |
How Many Flavours of Goku Do You Have? Yes! |
+Put A Tattered Cloak on Anyone, It Improves Them |
+Bring Back Breath of Fire, You Cowards |
+Just A Little Bit of Dragons in There? As A Treat? |
The Trails of Cold Steel Duology... Duology |
+Estelle is Bestelle |
ACAB, Excluding The SSS |
+KILL POWER in All Caps, Bold, Italicised, Underlined |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

This week, Brian, Kris, and Lucas talk about books and styles of critique before remembering that we're a video game podcast. We also discuss Duck Detective: Secret Salami, Void Terrarium 2, Multiversus, and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Intro - 0:00 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Toys - 1:31 |
Thrawn: Treason & Other Star Wars Books - 8:49 |
Toxic Self-Criticism About Physical VS Audio Books - 18:04 |
Mary Skelter (and its Books) - 26:49 |
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami - 44:24 |
Witch & Lilies - 52:04 |
Void Terrarium 2 - 1:04:01 |
V Rising - 1:12:58 |
The Way We Critique Games (And How Critique is Received) - 1:27:08 |
System Shock Remake - 1:59:41 |
Multiversus - 2:14:29 |
Outro - 2:52:04 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):


Donatello Has Been Whitewashed |
+ Generic 80s Cartoon Bad Guy Name |
You're Reading A Codex Instead Of A Scroll? Scrub |
+ Erotica? In THIS Economy?! |
The Dungeon Is Horny For You |
Shocking News: Lucas Has Been Playing A Dungeon-Crawling RPG |
The Podcast Police Aren't Coming For Us Just Yet |
+ If It's Your First Time in Etrian Odyssey, You HAVE To Dungeon Crawl |
+ Ghost in the Mary Shelley |
+ You Know He's A Hero Because He's Wearing A Scarf |
+ Have A Morbin' Good Time |
Go Morb Over Those Guys |
+ I Want A True Sequel to Morrowind And I'm Not Getting It |
+ And We Didn't Even Mention Castlevania Until This Moment |
Terry Bogard is More Graceful Than Richter Belmont |
[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (⁠Twitch.tv/Ribnax⁠) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]