Show Notes
This week the Boys try to settle the debate raging across the country: which historical or futuristic period makes the best setting for a game? From early symbolic thought through to space travel across the outer reaches of the universe, gaming covers every era, but which one suits it best?
Before all that, we check in on Glenn to see how he's dealing with the social media backlash to his Crimson Desert comments and discuss perhaps the most impressive listener contribution to date: a functioning version of Pierre's Commander Sexy pitch. Links below.
Pierre continues his quest to get to the bottom of the sandpit, Glenn asks the big questions about The Sims and Sarah attempts to breed on a scale even Elon Musk would be jealous of.
Commander Sexy Dev Log - Sam Kennard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiV23COOrpo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEhOa6tONkg
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Sarah
Glenn
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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:
Crimson Desert
Sandustry
Heavy Rain
A Game About Digging A Hole
Factorio
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
The Sims
Lemmings
Helldivers
Mewgenics
The Binding of Isaac
Overcooked!
Into the Breach
This War of Mine
Wildermyth
Cult of the Lamb
Minesweeper
Silent Hill: Townfall
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Atomfall
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
007 First Light
The Getaway
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny
Ghost of Tsushima
Ghost of Yōtei
Shogun: Total War
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Life is Strange
Mixtape
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Lake
Grand Theft Auto VI
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Bloodborne
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
The Sinking City
The Sinking City 2
The Sexy Brutale
Dishonored
Cossacks
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Witcher
The Blood of Dawnwalker
Immortality
BioShock
Alone in the Dark
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption 2
Crusader Kings
Forge of Empires
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