Sinopsis
Bad Playstyle is a book club podcast. We all sit down and play the same game and hopefully you have too so you can be intellectually engaged with our discussion. We generally aim for shorter games that have a start to finish of six hours or less. Spoilers: The games we play for each episode will absolutely be spoiled and any others that come up in conversation can potentially be in the line of fire. Each episode's show notes will list all games mentioned. It is recommended that you check an episode's show notes before listening to it if you are sensitive to spoilers.
Episodios
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Ep 58 - Gris "My son Blockto"
12/03/2020 Duración: 01h06min00:00:00 Warmup discussion begins avout what we've been playing00:39:20 Gris discussion begins apace!00:55:43 We bring our Bad Standards ™ to a good game00:59:55 We explore the possible outcomes of Guybrush Threepwood navigating the world of Gris Next week: Arkane's Dishonored 2
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Ep 57 - Neo Cab "I got you a Feelgrid™ because you're so emotional"
26/02/2020 Duración: 01h48min00:00:00 Back on our long winded bullshit00:30:22 Our Neo Cab ride begins here01:24:20 The Bad Standards happen to us
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Ep 56 - Tomb Raider (2013) "Aping Nathan Drake"
22/02/2020 Duración: 01h17min00:00:00 Introduction and our last couple weeks in games00:21:05 main discussion begins01:00:48 The Bad Standards commence and are repeatedly interrupted and side tracked
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Ep 55 - Sunset Overdrive "sparks come out of your feet"
16/12/2019 Duración: 01h20min00:00:00 Introduction and our last couple weeks in games00:31:44 main discussion begins01:14:54 The Bad Standards commence
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Ep 54 - Mutazione "Shame yourself, God is dead"
10/12/2019 Duración: 01h25min00:00:00 Back on our long winded bullshit00:37:11 It is here that the journey into the Mutazione begins01:18:50 Matt tries prematurely to end the show01:19:10 The Bad Standards somehow manage to squeeze in before we stop recording
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Ep 53 - Control "All the liminal spaces they need"
10/12/2019 Duración: 01h59min00:00:00 a debrief of our last couple weeks in games00:42:37 we actually start talking about control!01:45:39 The Bad Standards!
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Ep 50 - Jazzpunk “dadaist y2k gag vehicle”
25/10/2019 Duración: 01h12minWe’re still getting used to being live in front of no audienceI’M THE PRODUCER!Evologo beef. Whole trucks of it. Prepare to be ruined foreverImpossible tangentStarsector rulesSpacestation 13 synopsis. SPACE LUBERimworld is exactly the same as it always was.Deepcock galactits update Keynan waxes dire need for control in life over prison architectHey games industry, more asymmetrical multiplayerCuz it roolz - owen“No joke zone”Thinking reacts only to keynans time management jokesGame does not age well and is for a VERY specific demoMatt: asshole content fracker. Ruining the videogame environmentThis game is a choc a bloc with fun cruft stuff to doEveryone else seems to like wedding quake a lot more than mePolyblanc throws his gun when he runs out of bulletsOwen: bespoke assets screedSupport developers?This game is very niche, what were they expecting?Demolition man references. Hooray!Jazzpunk is a television show in quadcowMustache offset, callbacksJazzpunk doesnt really care if you are laughing WITH it.This ga
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Ep 49 - The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game “We don’t read books”
05/10/2019 Duración: 53minStargate reference!Punished keynan, owen and mattMario maker report: the physics are differentOld computer scientists are bastardsOh youngblood, you were almost good!Ech! This build has foreknowledge of the worldMy two friends are enormous idiots and still playing pubg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wchnSZFsI4AShoes aren’t fashion matt!Something something prison architect keynan can’t readLet the meta evolve naturallyKeynan is a submarineIdon’twantyoutodothatGauges the gameAaron has played duskersDuskers is a good gameH3VR is the best shooting gallery VR gameShoot that hortdorg. Spy revolver makes no sense.Don’t stand so close to me. Don’t punch bryWelders mask vr *mwah*I have access to kids playing video gamesPayday2 resurgence playseshShoots through schools revolverYOU can’t have a gun planeKeynan says jiffGame is short, that’s fine!There is a ghost, no one cares!Not enough game, but also fuck RUMUI love that the magnifying glass doesn’t matterIt is a VNAdventures games and stealing. The items have plot ar
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Ep 48 - Void Bastards “I'm gonna swear more”
17/09/2019 Duración: 01h35minYou can finally see us!We compare sizesMatt forgets more than he knowsThere is not that much of a plot to this gameKeynan and Aaron have to be explicitly told it is a sneaking missionWatchdogs 2 sux, owen reportsZest jacket pizza toppingsDead by daylight chainsaw dudesProbability prediction is a skillsetWe talk about auto chess for reasons.Keynan very confidently answers a questions wrong, ladies love itSlay the autochessMatt and owen out their own neurodivergencePayday2 VR reportWe’re still figuring out these micsGame time for Aaron is measured in dog yearsIt is tedious to teach everyone else to use a viveWe only want dumb video games cosmeticsShout outs to A SOUND PLANDMC in vr is a thing i wantA javier BRDMStay in the fucking carI have no opinions about mario. Game is finePlate spinning games need better journal systemsAaron instantly fucks with the formatYou die less the more you play the gameYeah, you should buy more health if you’re dying a lotGame has upgrade starts bruhDoes the game suffer from being
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Ep 47 - Outer Wilds “corpse rearranger”
28/08/2019 Duración: 01h14minPodcast daddy Hand mung VVS OUTER WILDS BAE BEEE Oh fuck so many spoilers Konkey bong Chromium, are you for real? Pouches, POUCHES! VTMB forever Auspex ruining reveals lol Beckett Star trek online is underwater Outer wilds bitchin’ Anglerfish suuuu The best walk ever One more BURN on rumu Patterns They were so close, but the interloper “Cool game” Owen is calling keynan a liar TIME PARADOX GJ Early access six years We didn’t actually spoil that much Ruin the squid Fucking keynan. I’M THE SCHEDULE GUY 1 payday 2 2 spelunky. Fuck you keynan 2 FNV 1 Tie fighter 2 Alpha centauri Guybrush in space VOID BASTERDS NEST
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Ep 46 - RUMU “I love not this”
28/08/2019 Duración: 01h11minLawnmower real bad ORZ Nazis i guess? We rumplestiltskin keynans firstborn DEATH TO AMERICA I MEAN COPYRIGHT LAWS Keynan waxes power fantasy about DBD Asymmetrical multiplayer predator game! They make a slurry HI DAKOTA Owen talks MTG arena Thats not what a battle pass is Owen Kerbal space program Owen ONLY likes PORNO games Sengoku Rance is a really good game. I got stuck on the chocobo guys FUCK smash brothers Matt tells stories about his work FUCK RUMU Locked controls fuck off Lecture DRM jerk off motion Remember consolitis? This game has MOBILITIS Minigames in RUMU fuck off VO was strong though Take responsibility for your actions and creations Shout outs to ROOMBO the home invasion shooter Can’t just be sad the whole time Star Trek DS9 Not enough chekovs guns, too many doom keycards Tacoma is this but with good game design Matt pitches a better version of the game Hey dude, think about your new player experience Keynan makes a promise he will not keep. The bad control scheme might be on purpose but it is
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Ep 45 - Hypnospace Outlaw “European art fools”
25/07/2019 Duración: 59minWeird conversation about wearing t shirts backwards Owen has been replaying jedi knight 2 “Aged like milk” Gotcha level design “cat mario bullshit” Lightsaber STUCK! NEOCAB Tech dirtbags, amazon dystopia LOS ANUS Helicopter parent bunraku The future is horrible Wildlands by myself Matt crying Owen yawning Anecdowen Superpredator Owen does a really good impression of an idiot Vermintide. Games workshop hitting it out of the park with the licensing Card game video games. Ech Shout outs to hot dad. Good shit Keynan does some foreshadowing Is the game supposed to make you tired? Keynan thinks zane needs to die Details nailed in this game. The boys very quickly get to what they liked. Not much bad here. The all seeing eye is a piece of shit. Hint system good Keynan and owen showing their whole ass over this KORN argument Matt finished the game for real. Her Story comparison The podcast is a money pit and that will never change A holistic piece of shit 1 payday 2 1 spelunky 2 FNV 0 TIE FIGHTER 4 alpha centauri Gold
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Ep 44 - Ape Out "Bebop Mentality"
21/06/2019 Duración: 55minWelcome to the show Aaron. Very very spaceship Konky bong @gdnws_ CEREBRAWL.IN (also twitch) Game informer picture cropping horror stories Aaron did something stupid: DOTA AUTO CHESS Windjammers? Chefs kiss xcom2 modded Daniel jackson is a nerd MY BOYS: WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY BOYS (vector and ump) Keynan likes to hurt himself with fighting games sometimes. This time it was MK11 Mr. matt plays wario in smash. Rimworld mole people strat. Weedhole colony APE OUT. We try to determine where each person became burnt out Aaron makes a rookie scheduling mistake Owen makes sure he doesn’t get mr. shifty’d on this one. Parkour flow exists inside this game. Not enough of them though JAZZ JAZZ JAZZ MAN 2 switch players and 2 controller players Pseudo dash. Real dash pls Core loops are important people. The hit and hurt boxes are off from the art. Game needs a l4d ai director You should not be demoralized by a game feature Big fan of the word ascertain. Not a fan of the invisible wall. Frustration leads to triumph but
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Ep 43 - XCOM2: WOTC “drive that sectopod like you stole it”
10/06/2019 Duración: 01h30minVersatility confuses and enrages many people. I leave it to you to determine the throughline Dragons of cornwall Long war was great but it ruined my whole life forever. Deeper experience meaning more like xcomEW Have HUE heard of HUE Hahaowenmadeastarsjoke. Please finish your joke I don’t know, I like the word bitch. VVVVVV is from the era of vidya where difficulty=aesthetic Sports teams should pay for their own fucking stadiums Poor young keynan has to learn things the hard way, just like everyone No water in moats plz COMMANDER Fuck owen Ksp ui changes Totally accurate battle sim went early access INSTANTLY into stupid videogame timeline stuff for xcom 2 My tygan impression is ON POINT I am confused between LONG WAR and EW The scout in Lw1 is what taught me to be less dumb We talk about the narrative dynamics of the strategy layers of x1 vs x2 Lightsaber fever! Owen sold some corpses he shouldn't have and it was some problems Pistolmancer. We talk about builds. Its gets pretty crunchy but we try to keep it
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Ep 42 - PIKUNIKU "Break things kick people"
17/05/2019 Duración: 43minPikuniku this week Don’t buy videogames Keynans seattle mariners are doing quite well. (he was happier with a clicker) Baseball sux Owen has been playing astroneer! He says it scratches the same itch as legos How did i play this single player platformer for 300 hours? Solid stardew Astroneer is the best iteration of the open ended crafting survival game Keynan stop fucking interrupting me Anthem dropped and warframe got scared Matt dates the podcast Videogames should tell me when they are brainless. How deep is the ocean? Schlooter vs hang mung: which is more offensive? Email! PIKUNIKU I thought the gameplay was going to be more whimsical. It was pretty basic The narrative was king here. Quirkyness front and center. Owens rhythm game apnea comes back to bite him. Night in the woods FTW WEEED game Piku breaks stuff and hurts people. Kick people into space! SEAN! Poop I pooped Grandchildren will hate you piku. Slightly tongue in cheek. Tongue in cheek or just european? Solidarity Deadbolt was too hard Devolver
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Ep 41 - House of the Dying Sun “Nintendoesn't give a shit”
22/04/2019 Duración: 59minKonkey bong. I think we are done with the chicken hat though Battle pass brings great shame on both ends. Shame if you do, shame if you don’t APE LEG (legendary) Games are truly just events in these days of live service. But not in the cool way that owen imagined Paywall (ick) Fashionframe is endgame (pay to win) What is psychology of boosters in games? Objects in space: spaceflight sim submarine game. Dirtbags in space Heat signature is easily read by non videogame people Thief simulator: streamerbait Astroneer ate my friends life for like a month. Fable 3 made me hate no menus Megabloks is the gab of construction toys Nintendoesntgiveashit Keynan “self” bailey Sam fisher: workplace thief Splinter cell : basic bitch metal gear Don’t get an undercut, you look like a nazi Booby soft Hitman as well. You’re being galen It is not my responsibility to say the year a game came out. You’re ducking the responsibility Hitman 3: vs. the bilderberger group Again we play as dirtbag This intro reminds me of brigador “The
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Ep 40 - Titanfall 2 “a weapon to surpass call of duty 4”
12/04/2019 Duración: 54minOwen is instantly done with the two of us Why would keynan possibly think he could come at me? Games round up! Apex legends sucks according to owen turd-torial level Hitman 2! It’s not my fault there are multiple games called hitman 2. This feels like pedantry Blood money elevator strangling nostalgia for everyone! Keynan played dino park tycooon Overfall coming q1 2020 There are two jurassic park movies “So you’ve gotten to the time skips?” Owen understands mech warfare better than us Stop talking over me keynan Am i the only person on this podcast who reads the UI? I feel crazy sometimes Main character is matt mercer The time skips were too much fun for their own good The keynan typhon rule “A robot i could have a beer with” Mirrors edge comparison Human revolution comparison Train your players to play your game The shotguns were solid. Still videogamey but not awful Guns all look the same Reading is fun The game has a real momentum to it after the time watch level It got the VTM release treatment Movement
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Ep 39 - Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice “other people’s gods”
18/03/2019 Duración: 01h06minWe Ramble off excuses Owen loves legos/ power rangers Star trek timelines keeps dragging owen back in, kind of. DIABLO 3 was back with a vengeance for a minute there. Games should be marketed towards being veg-out titles Heroes of the storm RIP. thanks activision Skyrim requiem is really good! You should try it. It takes forever to install though. Heat signature has hot new enemy types. Fuck the predator forever. Stealth rocks: good for the meta. Bad for fun. Diablo: is if grimdark anymore? Hellblade teaches us that it is not. Matt summarizes hellblade. Matt sometimes picks frustrating video games Other people’s gods The entire world is a visual metaphor for what is happening psychologically. We all played with headphones in like good little boys CW: abuse, trauma, death, dismemberment. We took long breaks between sessions. The best game I ever hated Everything is bespoke. There are downsides to this The game is supposed to be frustrating, I think (massive eyeroll from my cohorts) Keynan asserts that the gam
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Ep 38 - Fallout: New Vegas “how do i buy this for christmas?”
26/02/2019 Duración: 01h57minHey, fellow videogame player. Play the videogames however you want to. Have fun. There is a bit of room to be frustrated bcuz triumph. Chill out and have fun though Civvie 11 is a good youtuber, and entertaining December is a nightmare. Fuck you it’s January Quit beating the game too fast. Relax. Divinity 2 is a good game with a pretty bland narrative. I think because it can go in so many directions. Like its too much not on rails if that makes sense? Payday 2 is so damn good. Do more virtual crimes with your friends. The failure state of an action in your videogame should be fun as well. Sometimes companies just make one game Screaming pyre tournament was a rousing success Parental optics of video games discussion Warframe? Crabs? Endless fire for days in divinity 2 Owen fought a gigantic electric bubble on mars. It did not work out Darkening of tristram event is dibble3 Excellent halo joke incoming FNV starts. Gamebryo engine sucks. Westside sucks and feels like busted ass F3 content Keynans mad. You tell
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End of year drinking game 2018
23/01/2019 Duración: 02h25minSorry about chair noises and muffled audio. there were a lot of logistics involved here. the rankings here reflect a few things: Keynan takes risks with his picks, Matts favorite games are all long enough it would be rude to pick them for podcast, and Owen plays the hits