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June 2019

065: Catherine

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We talk extensively about our romantic relationship because of Catherine.

Developer: Atlus | Publisher: Atlus (in most regions)  | Release Date:  February 17, 2011

Mike, Jacob and special guests Shay Whiston and Rocco Tenaglia III let their feelings out, talk about cursed puzzle games and really get to know each other on a personal level.

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Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)

Special Guests: Shay Whiston (@ShaelynTai) and Rocco Tenaglia III (@SixHundredBucks)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 2:50 What is Catherine?
  • 5:15 “How do slip into an affair?” Alcohol.
  • 8:00 Mike pre-ordered Catherine
  • 9:25 We talk about Catherine’s puzzle gameplay by comparing the game to Q*Bert and Pushmo
  • 11:40 What’s the anime part of Catherine?
  • 12:50 What about choice in Catherine?
  • 14:50 The binary morality system in the game
  • 16:20 Jacob brings in the Bechdel Test
  • 19:50 Vincent is so frustrating
  • 21:50 Sheep = People?
  • 22:35 The curse
  • 25:10 The overarching plot of Catherine
  • 26:55 The art-style (in-engine vs. pre-rendered cutscenes)
  • 28:40 The music in Catherine
  • 29:30 The voice-overs in Catherine (Troy Baker & Laura Bailey)
  • 30:30 Going into the washroom for… stuff?
  • 32:35 New techniques? Rapunzel game?
  • 34:45 How you’re supposed to play Catherine (with callbacks to our The Witness episode)
  • 36:35 Catherine and its take on relationships
  • 40:15 Did Catherine change your take on relationships?
  • 42:00 Michael’s in the Hot Seat
  • 47:35 We enter the confessional and give our moral takes
  • 54:50 Baby play
  • 56:40 Wrap-up
  • 58:00 Rocco talks about his new book, How to Write a Book And Make At Least Six Hundred Dollars

064: Our Top 3 of E3 2019 Special

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We talk about video games on our 2019 E3 Special!

Jacob, Moe and Mike break the Game Club mold by talking about E3 2019!

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Show Notes:

  • 2:00 The Format of our E3 Special
  • 2:45 We head into AnimeLand to talk about My Hero Academia (and Disney’s Sky High)
  • 4:15 Jacob’s #3: Fire Emblem: The Three Houses
  • 7:05 Jacob #2 & Moe’s #1: Pokemon Sword and Shield
  • 9:00 Mike’s Pokemon Defense: Totally Not Mark’s Pokemon: The Devolving Designs (ft. Tom O’Regan)
  • 12:15 Don’t forgot about Pokemon Home, Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Go Plus Plus!
  • 13:10 Jacob #1: Control (and Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy)
  • 18:50 Mike’s #1: Fable 4 (and signing Peter Molyneux’s wall)
  • 22:30 Mike’s #2: Watch Dogs: Legion (and our love for Driver: San Francisco)
  • 25:45 Mike’s #3: The Opportunity Caused by Sony’s E3 Absence (probably from Microsoft)
  • 30:40 Moe’s #2: An Update to APEX Legends or a new Battle Royale
  • 34:35 Moe’s #3: Surprises!
  • 38:10: Games Gone’s Most Anticipated Games from E3 2019!
  • 39:00 Video Game Rations’s Most Anticipated Games & News from E3 2019!
  • 41:15 Community Voice Clips & Comments
  • 44:35 Wrap-Up

Additional Music:

  • Cold, In My Mind (from Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy)

Our E3 2018 picks:

  • Moe’s Top 3:
    • Super Smash Brothers for Switch
    • Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee
    • Spider-Man
  • Jacob’s Top 3
    • Ghost of Tsushima
    • The Last of Us Part II
    • Rage 2
  • Mike’s Top 3
    • Anthem
    • Fallout 76
    • Beyond Good and Evil 2