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

In this episode, Kris, Lucas and Will talk more about the ongoing debate of friction in game design. We also talk about PAX West coverage, Lies of P, Rise of the Ronin, Honkai: Star Rail, Warframe and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy.

TOPICS AND TIMESTAMPS:


PAX West - 1:15 |
LUCID - 2:58 |
Heading Out - 5:41 |
Dragon Is Dead - 10:24 |
RA RA BOOM - 12:29 |
Heartworm (and the Horror Genre) - 16:27 |
Kriegsfront Tactics - 21:34 |
Slime Heroes - 24:50 |
Deathbound - 32:15 |
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days - 36:49 |
Lies of P ft. Monster Hunter World - 45:26 |
Rise of the Ronin - 55:52 |
Friction in Game Design - 1:04:59 |
Microtransactions and Game Design - 1:27:21 |
Honkai: Star Rail - 1:31:33 |
Sorry We're Closed - 1:48:25 |
Warframe - 1:57:05 |
Conclusions - 2:11:16 |

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


I Came Out Of My Cave To Tell My Editors "I'm Not Dead"
I'm Working on Stuff, But I'm Also Dying, So If You Could Be Chill For Maybe a Week
+ Playing It You're Like "Yeah. Yeah! YEAH!" And Then Just Progressively More Yeahs
There Is No Way To Get Me Interested Faster Than To Say "Yeah, We Like FTL: Faster Than Light!"
+ Shining A Giant W In The Sky To Summon Will
You Are A Group Of Ninja Cheerleaders From Space
One Thing Leads To Another: Horror!
+ The Overlap Between The Queer Community and Horror Fans is a Circle
+ This House Is Going To Eat Us If We Don't Leave in 15 Minutes, We Can't Stay Here
If I See Anymore, I'll Want it Immediately And Then Be Sad
You Have A Tanky Frame, But That Arm Ain't Tanky
+ We Were Tired Of Waiting For Square To Make A New Front Mission, So We Made Front Mission
+ The Vacant Smile of Doom That Is Toriyama's Slime Design
+ We Want You To Live With The Consequences Of Your Animations
+ Nah Man, F**k It, Big Hammer All The Time
+ It Never Stops Being Cool When You Izuna Drop Somebody
+ It Is Statistically Proven That Izuna Dropping is Fucking Cool
+ Team Ninja Does Not Want You To Have A Good Time
+ Every Time There Was A Choice, You Made The Wrong One
+ See You Losers, I'm Gonna Go Live At The Bottom of the Ocean With My Hot Mermaid Wife
+ I Need Ralph Ineson To Talk Dirty To Me
+ The Angels Aren't Any Better, They Hate You Too
Oh No, Here Comes The Capitalism
+ Mobile Games Are A Hellworld From Which There Is No Escape
+ Could Not Be More Over Than Mobile Games
+ If I Don't Girlboss Perfectly, My Eyeballs Get Ripped From My Skull
+ I'm Not Sure What Happened To Get Me Into Warframe
[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax. This episode edited by Kris Cornelisse.]

In this episode, Brian, Kris and Lucas talk about conventions and travel. We also talk about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Balatro, What The Golf, Super Robot Wars and a smattering of other topics. Pay no attention to the fact that Brian opens the show with the wrong episode number, it's definitely 307. Enjoy.

TOPICS AND TIMESTAMPS


Mental Health - 5:30 |
Brian at Capcom Cup - 12:00 |
(PAX West) Visions of Mana - 19:25 |
(PAX West) LUCID - 27:10 |
(PAX West) Freaked Fleapit - 31:37 |
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown - 39:39 |
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth - 49:30 |
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 55:05 |
Balatro - 1:04:02 |
What The Golf - 1:18:47 |
Dragon's Dogma 2 (and Capcom Microtransactions) - 1:21:47 |
Super Robot Wars 30 (and Original Generations) - 1:25:34 |
Conclusion - 1:41:09 |

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


It's Not A Horse, It's A Bicycle
+Getting A Cast For A Broken Ankle While A Spear Is Stuck In Your Chest
You Have An ADHD Butt
+ Fighting A Four-Year-Old on Dynamic Controls
There's Literally Dozens of Mana Fans
A Game Far More Degenerate Than The First Two
+ NEKUTAI!
+ The Horrific Necktie From Disco Elysium Lives On
+ The Only Way I Can Describe It Is "Unhinged"
+ The Good Kind of Degeneracy
+ I Was Today Years Old When I Found Out About Muv-Luv
+ The Balls It Takes For Those Developers To Gaslight Their Playerbase For An Entire Game
+ "It's Edgelord-y" Is Not An Argument
You Can Sit Down And Wait Until I've Recovered From Like A Dragon
+ You Sat Down To Play Poker With A Yu-Gi-Oh Deck
I've Also Been Playing Capcom's Dragon Slaying Game... By Which I Mean Replaying Monster Hunter World
What The Hell Do You Know About Super Robot Wars
+ Can A Series Really Be Trash If They Have Robots In Them?
+ There's Trash, There's Trash With Robots, There's Good Stuff With Robots, It's A Sliding Scale
There Absolutely Is Such A Thing As Bad Pizza
+ Super Robot Wars 30 Is Not A Misnomer, There's 30 Of Them
+ This Is Fan Service, We Know What You're Here For, You Will Be Serviced, It Will Be Great
+ I Need To Kill My Perfectionism, Because It's Killing My Time

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

In this episode, Kris, Will and Lucas talk heavily about the game's industry and the impending collapse of the triple A video game. We also talk about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and other Final Fantasy 7 media, Shiren the Wanderer, Unicorn Overlord, Last Epoch and a smattering of other topics. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Fort Condor - 0:23 |
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 4:47 |
Final Fantasy 7: On The Way To A Smile - 16:51 |
Narrative vs. Lore - 35:58 |
The FF7 Remake Project - 42:08 |
The State of the Triple A Games Industry (ft. Comic Books) - 48:10 |
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth - 1:33:17 |
Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island - 1:39:45 |
Unicorn Overlord Demo - 2:00:34 |
Last Epoch - 2:19:27 |
Conclusions - 2:23:02 |

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


My Wife is Just As Upset As I am, For Entirely Different And More Sane Reasons |
Blitzball Remains Undefeated as the Best Final Fantasy Minigame |
+++ Square Enix Accidentally Made a 150 Million Dollar Dreamcast Game |
+++ Everywhere is the Gold Saucer, Including the Gold Saucer, But Also the Areas Surrounding the Gold Saucer |
+ Excuse Me, I Heard You Say Wave Race? |
+ It's Like He Did It Just To Hurt Me, and Me Specifically |
+++ Please Tell Me There's No Tower Climbing, For The Love of God |
+ We Identified The Issue, And Then Left it in to Fuck With You |
+ People Who Do That Should Step on Legos for an Entire Day |
+ I'm Going To Walk Into The Sea, Bro |
+++ I'm Gonna Use My 18 Inches of Sephiroth as God Intended |
++ After 18 Inches of Sephiroth, There Are No More Worlds Left to Conquer |
+ You Die An Eco-Terrorist, or Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become A Capitalist |
Feeding Tonberries Into A Woodchipper |
+ Kira! Bring Me The Tonberry! |
+ 18 Inches of Tonberry |
Let Me Just Put My Catatonic Friend Here |
+ Yes, Dirge of Cerberus Will Be On The Test |
But How Do We Make NFTs Out of This? |
You're Treating Strep Throat With A Cough Drop, Dude |
+ At All Times, Avoid Becoming Destiny |
The Face of the Guy Kiryu's Grating Against A Car Bonnet Doesn't Matter |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]

In this episode, Brian, Kris and Lucas dig into the various Granblue Fantasy games. We also talk about Helldivers 2, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, Helskate, Qomp 2, and a smattering of other topics. Audience participation is extensive for this one. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Elden Ring - 2:44 |
Bandai Namco - 14:18 |
Brian's Soulsborne Challenge Runs - 16:30 |
Helldivers 2 - 19:45 |
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - 41:17 |
Autoshooters/Bullet Heaven - 55:59 |
Podcast Length ft. A Message Sent to Brian - 59:29 |
Helskate - 1:02:23 |
Qomp 2 - 1:29:46 |
Support Indies, or The Need to Create - 1:36:38 |
Granblue Fantasy Relink (and the Granblue Franchise) - 1:47:52 |
Conclusions - 2:24:20 |
Platformers Podcast: Origins - 2:33:45 |

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


Sigyl I Am |
+++ Let Brian Solo Her |
Waterfowl Dance Can't Kill You If You Just Kill Her Before She Does It |
It's A Different Story if Gundam Tries to Walk |
++ Not Free Damage, Not Free Damage! |
++ Don't Do It For The Medals, Do It For The Good of Super Earth |
Ran Into A Few Bugs... And We Killed Them, As You Do |
++ Turns Out You Get Hit By Explosions A Lot |
+Helldivers Needs an Exoprimal Crossover |
A Great Faction to Oppose Space Fascists is More Space Fascists |
Noone Expects The Super Earth Inquisition |
It's Sony, So It Had To Be a Third Person Shooter |
++ Your Peashooter Has Very Little Downtime, But It Also Shoots Peas |
+ I Dig It, Literally |
+ If We Didn't Have Breath of the Wild or Genshin Impact, We Wouldn't Have Sonic Frontiers |
++ Mailygis Backwards |
+ All East Coasts Are Created Equal |
+++ Instead of Manualing Between Grind Rails, You're Killing A Dude |
+ Support Your Indies, They're The Only Ones Doing Anything Worth A Damn Nowadays |
+ Only Support the FICTIONAL Hyper-Capitalist Fascists |
++ Tim Curry Was Wrong, It's Capitalist Here Too |
+ Sharknados Will Continue Until Morale Improves |
+ It's Been Ship of Theseus'd Like Four Times |
++ Infinite Wealth! It's Infinite! And Wealth! |
++ Get Ready To Get Pogo'd On, Baby |
++ A2 is Objectively Better Than 2B |
+ Live From The Loser's Bracket |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]

In this episode, Kris, Will and Lucas do our part for Super Earth! We also talk about Dragon Quest X Offline, Tekken 8, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and a smattering of other topics. Oh, and Helldivers 2. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Helldivers 2 - 1:18 |
Playing Games As A Critic After Reviewing - 18:51 |
Layoffs and Emulation Scene Turmoil - 23:29 |
Dragon Quest X Offline - 26:25 |
MMOs Old And New - 35:45 |
Gaming Friend Groups and the Xbox Live Experience - 38:33 |
Tekken 8 - 41:52 |
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (and Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise) - 48:42 |

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


I Was in Chair Two Once, Now They've Got Me Over Here |
+ We Took Operation Super Earth to Eliminate the Palworld Menace |
+++ The Best Way We Can Defeat the Bugs is a STRONG ECONOMY |
Bullets Cannot Go Through Cover Provided it is Large and Impenetrable |
How Bout A Nice Cup of Liber-Tea|
+++ Sweet Liberty! My Arm! |
I'm Just Chuckling Because Now I'm a Torso Wearing a Cape |
+Kill the Bugs and Take Their Oil |
+++ I'm Taking Off My Critic Hat and Putting on my Dunce Hat |
+ I'm Hoping to Fight the Legally Distinct Protoss in my Legally Distinct Mech |
+ The Layoffs Will Continue Until Morale Improves |
It's on the Internet, the Internet Doesn't Forget |
Well You Went Too Far to the Right, Now Everything's Just Going to Murder You in 10 Seconds |
++ It'll Delevel Your Ass Without Hesitation |
I Don't Know Why Anyone Played These Things! I Don't Know Why I Played These Things! |
+ Your Friends Were Weak, They Don't Deserve Diamond |
+ Some of us Are Surprised We Don't Get Beat Up For Our Lunch Money |
+ Do You Know How To Korean Backdash? You Gonna Learn! |
If You're an RPG Sicko, You're Either Living it Up or Incredibly Stressed Out |
Yakuza Crossing |
++ Driving Out In The Desert in a Buggy and Super Monkey Ball Music is Blaring |
+ A Middling to Bad RGG Game is Better Than Several of Your Favourite Games |
+ Let's Get Out of Here, I've Got Some Helldivers to Play |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]

In this episode, Brian, Kris, and special guest Thomas Wilde discuss a wide range of games and topics, including Spec Ops: the Line, The Last Of Us 3, using Crisper to method act, Jim Ryan leaving Sony, video game and fiction tropes, and much more! Enjoy. It’s unhinged.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:


Using Crisper To Give Ourselves Mental Maladies For Acting - 2:25 |
Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes & Tekken 8 - 7:05 |
Jim Ryan Leaving Sony - 42:00 |
Spec Ops: The Line Licensing - 46:00 |
Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth - 58:30 |
Uncharted: Legacy Of Thieves - 1:25:05 |
The Last Of Us 3 - 1:35:00 |
Silent Hill - 1:46:20 |
Video Game & Fiction Tropes - 2:00:00 |
Persona 3 Reload - 2:27:20 |

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


+So Off-Key, It Might As Well Have Been In Another Language |
I Can’t Do Bob Dylan Without Straying Into Joe Cocker, It’s A Problem I’ve Grappled With For Most Of My Life |
Co-Host & Self-Proclaimed Witch |
Still Getting Used To The Vibe Around Here |
That’s Not A ‘Nice…’ THAT’S A ‘Nice’ |
+Remember When We Were Young & Had A Number Of Undiagnosed Personality Disorders |
+Going Through The DSM-IV Like It’s An A La Carte Menu |
Welcome To The Platformers, A Game About Podcasts & Perusing The DSM-IV |
+Extreme Method Acting Via Gene Therapy |
To Be Safe, Let’s Say ‘Direct-To-Video Speed 5’ |
+Satiya Nutella |
Satiya, Give Me Some Sugar, Honey |
+Nuclear Gandhi |
Karate Guy VS Taekwando Guy VS Occasional Bear |
Velocipastor |
I’m So Good At Wrestling, I’m Immune To Bullets |
I Got Eye-Beamed For Asking Mr. Mishima Which Martial Arts Use Rocket Launchers |
+The Furries In Arizona Must Have That NASA Cooling Tech |
Put The Creepy Little Freaks In Top Hats & White Scarves |
Brian’s Limitless Six Drinks |
How Do You Convince Someone To Play Like A Dragon? One Bite At A Time |
+We’ve Got Blitzball At Home |
Ichiban Wouldn’t Have Let Heihachi Throw Kazuma Into A Volcano |
Opening With Coke & Gin |
Harada Is The ‘Syndrome’ Of Fighting Games |
Found In A Bathtub Full Of Ice |
Murder Boner |
+Nathan Drake, Solipsist |
++Honey Trap For The Damned |
You’re Already A Sicko, You Might As Well Be Another Type Of Sicko |
Persona 3: ‘Oops All Dogs’ Edition |
Mitsuru Baby, What’s Wrong? You’ve Shot Yourself In The Head Several Times Today |
The Strange Ketamine-Fueled Ambitions Of A South African Nostalgic For Apartheid |
+The Pony Factory Is Not As Nice As It Sounds |
+Keep National Public Radio Alive Or We’ll F$%^ing Kill You | 

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]