Almost to 100! It only took us 11 years… Joining us once again is Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
Topics include:
- Bill Paxton Tribute
- His early days. Parker likes him because he’s a Texan.
- Greatest hits! Our best Bill Paxton impressions!
- Some of his lesser-known movies, like Traveller and Next of Kin, includes how to spell Traveller.
- Ben keeps talking about Indian Summer for some reason, and calls Paxton “a progenitor of an archetype”.
- Battlefield 1 – Best Battlefield since Bad Company 2?
- Real locations, instead of tunnels and gas factories. Cities feel like actual places, not just corridors.
- Meaningful destruction and more squad focus.
- Fewer overpowered vehicles, more infantry action.
- Satisfying guns in all classes, but game takes about 20 hours of play to become fun. Don’t give up!
- Ben’s Never Played Mass Effect – Jones / Parker react!
- Can they convince him to give it a try?
- How Jones/Parker feel about the original trilogy.
- Choice Matters, plus great story and characters.
- Andromeda? Is it Road House in space?
- Nintendo Switch Week!
- Is it just a Zelda adapter?
- Can Nintendo survive another generation without 3rd party?
- What if Microsoft bought Nintendo?
Enjoy!
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We’re back after missing a month in November 🙁 To make up for this, this final podcast of 2016 is extra-long and has a guest star Parker Dillmann from Macrofab!
You can check out Parker’s own podcast by clicking here.
Our extra-rambling podcast topics today are:
- Star Wars: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Jones and Parker liked it a lot, Ben didn’t. We argue about the movie’s flaws and merits.
- What did they change with the reshoots?
- Would the Empire actually put a data center on a tropical paradise planet? What Star Wars planet might be a better choice?
- Thoughts on the Movie Going Experience
- Regular theaters VS Alamo Drafthouse
- Movie reel splicing.
- Are the prices too insane for families?
- Home TV keep getting better and cheaper – how is this affecting theater attendance?
- Will there ever be new-release movies streamed straight to the home?
- New services can destroy old ones (Uber)
- Jones’ family owned a Betamax player – never before heard story!
- Do Texans really carry guns everywhere?
- Discussing the Nintendo Switch with a Nintendo fan
- Jones and Ben are well-known Nintendo critics. For an outside perspective, we discuss the Switch with Parker, who still likes Nintendo.
- Can it succeed? Will 3rd parties port to it?
- Should Nintendo just go 3rd party themselves?
- What videogames could make good movies? (Apparently not Assassin’s Creed…)
- Jones and Parker try to convince Ben to buy the Mass Effect Trilogy.
Enjoy!
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