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 minutes Then we start talking about unpacking No 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 back Elden ring discussion, we compare to fable for a second Elden ring done at about 11 minutes Owen played super mario world And pokemon go. Niantic is a fuck Keynan talks about destiny 2 Frostpunk discussion starts at about 23 minutes Bad standards at 48 minutes Next 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 ben Please 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 threads Owen has an extra for us. It is a wild ride. Actually show starts at about 9 minutes Episode 87! Keynan played deathloop Genshin impact? Keynan? Owen has been playing the rimworld ideology DLC. it is really cool He 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 addictive Disco elysium, whe...

Welcome to the show! We played wyldermyth DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY SYNDICATE (unless on ps3) Owen played the Diablo 2 remake. Is good! Keynan played dyson sphere program Matt has some notes on back 4 blood Will der myth Cool story engine bro.  Get ready for the toons bodies to be permanently changed Not enough music in this game. Loops too much. Heat signature legacy mechanics in more games please M...

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 games Keynan played:  Tarkov wiped What Matt been playing? Hitman 3. SASOing some old levels The best murderpuzzle game all time Steam needs a “games you can watch tv while playing” tag 18 mins is when we start talking necromunda Level design in first on the menu...

The remote era has ended Sorry about keynan eating his microphone. @savoryscrimp on twitter. It gets better. We have played the alien game TENDER Matt has been playing: Donut county has a cool 4th wall breaking scene Star wars gatcha phone game. MOFF GIDEON https://tinyurl.com/53nwrez4 ASHOKA https://tinyurl.com/axx589ds LANDO Vermintide 2 gets better the better I get at it. Chaos wastes is a good...

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 warmup Warmup finishes 00:30:06 Bad 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 00:19:00 Bad Standards commence at 01:45:05

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

00:31:24 Warmup finishes and the main discussion starts 01:38:57 Main discussion mostly wraps and we sort out the Bad Standards

00:30:30 warmup discussion ends and talk of water and wine flows freely 01:14:49 main discussion ends and we begin the Bad Standardd

This is out first sort of short form bonus episode, we played Umurangi Generation Macro!

00:33:36 warmup chat wraps up and the main course of the show begins!   01:37:42 main discussion ends and we engage with the Bad Standards

00:36:26 Warm up concludes and main discussion begins   01:13:25 We subject this game to the Bad Standards   01:19:30 Spoilers for Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End   01:24:32  Keynan takes the Senate floor and convinced everyone to reverse position   01:28:45 Star Trek: Picard spoilers