Bad Playstyle: A video game book club

we go on a lot of tangents and talk about sludge life

Leftist politics and videogames.much more off topic than usual.

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mild spoilers for the end of Disco Elysium in the first part of the episode

I apologize about the audio quality and forgetting to introduce us and for the bird sounds. We instantly get into “what have you been playing lately”We finish with that part at around 20 minutesThen we start talking about unpackingNo bad standards this time around, but we do perform an impromptu vibe check, giving a few options for games with a similar energy. 

We welcome each other backElden ring discussion, we compare to fable for a secondElden ring done at about 11 minutesOwen played super mario worldAnd pokemon go. Niantic is a fuckKeynan talks about destiny 2Frostpunk discussion starts at about 23 minutesBad standards at 48 minutesNext game is “unpacking”Thanks Zane!Later!

We start with what we played lately, Matt first, Owen middle, Keynan last.Actual discussion of the game starts at 26 mins in.(LINK TO VIDEO OF STARGATE EDIT OWEN MADE) this is the stargate wormhole video Owen made.The bad standards commence at one hour fifteen minutes.Next game is FROSTPUNK

Special guest benPlease stop and go play the game if you haven’t already. Last warning.We just get right into it. The whole episode is JUST discussion of the game, that’s what a Bad Bonus is!

Episode thousand threadsOwen has an extra for us. It is a wild ride.Actually show starts at about 9 minutesEpisode 87!Keynan played deathloopGenshin impact? Keynan?Owen has been playing the rimworld ideology DLC. it is really coolHe said ideology so I sniffed. He either refused to get it or it went over his head.Matt has been playing loop hero. He says its anti addictiveDisco elysium, where did the information come from?Thousand threads discussion starts at about 41 minutesCheat engine can increase the game speed!BAD STANDARDS AT ABOUT 1:10Next game is the forgotten cityBefore that though we are doing a bonus episode about the outer wilds DLCPlease leave us a review on whatever platform you are on!

Welcome to the show! We played wyldermythDO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY SYNDICATE (unless on ps3)Owen played the Diablo 2 remake. Is good!Keynan played dyson sphere programMatt has some notes on back 4 bloodWill der mythCool story engine bro. Get ready for the toons bodies to be permanently changedNot enough music in this game. Loops too much.Heat signature legacy mechanics in more games pleaseMatt is a crunch pervertThe UI in this game is a masterclassThe bad standards starts at around 1:10No one emails usWe’re playing Thousand Threads next time.Please leave us a review on whatever platform you’re listening to this on.

We played Hired Gun. You gain brozouf!Mics are way better this time! Owen played:Civ4 beyond the sword. Throw shade on all modern civ gamesKeynan played: Tarkov wipedWhat Matt been playing?Hitman 3. SASOing some old levelsThe best murderpuzzle game all timeSteam needs a “games you can watch tv while playing” tag18 mins is when we start talking necromundaLevel design in first on the menuBuild discussionGame is buggyKeynan suffered from motion sickness during the game.We show how much of 40k nerds we once were/areOwen posits a different plothook for the gameMatt says “GIRTHICK”1hr 3mns for the bad standardsMeditations on how much 40k sucksNEXT TIME IS WYLDERMYTHNo one emails ushttps://www.focus-entmt.com/en-us/games/necromunda-hired-gun

The remote era has endedSorry about keynan eating his microphone. @savoryscrimp on twitter. It gets better.We have played the alien game TENDERMatt has been playing:Donut county has a cool 4th wall breaking sceneStar wars gatcha phone game. MOFF GIDEONhttps://tinyurl.com/53nwrez4 ASHOKAhttps://tinyurl.com/axx589ds LANDOVermintide 2 gets better the better I get at it. Chaos wastes is a good update.OWEN playing:Craftopia. Videogame stir fry.Box croculaiHired gun, seems like a cool game with excellent area designKeynan has a weird list:Jeff convinced keynan to play anno 1800, european rimworldThere are colonialist themesParadox games give you imperialist brainwormsThe Greece anecdote was for ck2 not ck3 sorry.Slipways is a game about shooting probes into space.We start talking about the video game at roughly 32 minutes inTender is tinder with space aliens instead of real peopleOwen disambiguates the fallout 4 dialogue problem from this games dialogue systemGame is horny on mainAre you a human ingesting person?Ke

00:00:00 episode begins with a bit of a warmup talking about what games we've played recently. 00:33:21 warmup finishes and we begin our main discussion of King of Dragon Pass.01:04:25 Main discussion finishes and we begin  to judge this game by the Bad Standards™ along with some stray closing thoughts about the game.

00:26:55 warmup ends and main John Wick Hex discussion begins!00:55:37 Bad Standards!Next week: King of Dragon Pass

Our warmup ends and the main discussion of JFO starts 00:43:22 We talk for a while on this one and only get to the Bad Standards at 02:05:44 Here is the link for Keynan and Owen's Clone Wars skip list https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hRX78SALJCaG-RaIhg8QQ8Rpf7rWYVkfFYEN_YheyEo/edit?usp=drivesdk 

https://twitter.com/OHerriman/status/1368675462734487552?s=19∆the Mario clip Ben and Owen mention in the warmupWarmup finishes 00:30:06Bad Standards commence 01:01:17

00:23:31 Our Warmup chat ends and the main discussion of the game begins.01:04:25 our discussion mostly wraps up and we determine how this game shapes up against our Bad Standards.

Incredibly the warmup on this episode ends at exactly 00:30:00 and the bad standards start at exactly 01:00:00 this is of course because we were replaced by Soong type androids for this episode. Enjoy!

Warmup ends 00:19:00Bad Standards commence at 01:45:05

Our episode warmup ends at 00:30:30We commence the Bad Standards at 01:20:51 Related links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Songs_of_Distant_Earthhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010:_Odyssey_Twohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea