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Season 13, Episode 39

Thinking back on this episode the day after we recorded it live and I’m wondering if we might have been a bit harsh on Death Stranding, especially since we haven’t even played it. And, for that matter, probably the new Star Wars game as well.

It isn’t hard for me to get sucked into hype. Except when it comes to video games. In a lot of ways I’m a glass-half-empty kind of guy when it comes to video games. I realize trailers, announcements, gameplay – it’s all marketing. We’re seeing what they want us to see so I rarely feel hype when I see a trailer for a game that is nothing but cinematics, CG, and cutscenes. Even when shown what looks like gameplay, I still keep a squinted eye view of it like an old man looking at kids across the street wondering what law they are breaking. A good example of this is BioShock Infinite.

Regardless of being too judgey or not on the issue of those two games mentioned in the beginning, they still aren’t on my menu of upcoming games I want to play. However, I am VERY interested to see the public reaction when they get their hands on it. Curious to see how the winds blow when the general public is able to play it and talk about it.

Even more curious to see if the hero/franchise worship will still abound as much as it seems to do in these early reviews.

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