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May 2024
2h 5m

Episode 312 - Hades 2, Star Wars Expande...

Brian Barnett
About this episode

This week, Brian, Kris, and Lucas discuss Star Wars, Hades 2, FF7 Rebirth, and a whole lot more. Cheers!

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:

  • Intro - 0:00 |
  • Star Wars Books and Expanded Universe - 3:26 |
  • Brian's Steam Deck - 21:29 |
  • Hades 2 - 26:35 |
  • Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - 38:53 |
  • Cheap Walmart Finds - 1:01:37 |
  • V Rising - 1:04:34 |
  • Castlevania and Konami - 1:37:29 |
  • Animal Well (and Dunkey) - 1:43:02 |
  • System Shock Remake - 1:51:55 |
  • The Fall of Lucas' Amiibo - 1:53:16 |
  • Beared or Bore - 1:56:03 |
  • Conclusions (and Multiversus) - 1:58:53 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):

  • +Richter is Simultaneously The Best And Worst Belmont |
  • Luckass, The Off-Brand Lucas |
  • +Save Yourself From Balatro, It's Too Late For Me |
  • It Was So Artistically Done! |
  • I'm Showing My Star Wars Nerd Power Level Here |
  • No-One Hates Star Wars More Than Star Wars Fans |
  • None of Y'all Are As Cool As Revan |
  • Speaking of Amelia Tyler's Lovely Voice Lording It Over Me... |
  • The Worst Supergiant Game is Better Than Several of Your Favorite Games |
  • Magic is For Nerds (That's Us, We're Nerds) |
  • Throwing Explosive Skulls Like A Grenade Launcher |
  • Shut Up, Chadley! |
  • Chadley is a Good Boy But He Needs To Leave Me Alone |
  • Chadley is Red Pilled |
  • Chadley, You're Just Jealous Because You'll Never Be As Cool As Mai |
  • FF7 Rebirth Has Video Game Disease |
  • I Clapped When I Saw The Thing I Liked |
  • ++She's A 10, But She Slips on Every Banana Peel |
  • I'd Buy 33 Of Them For A Dollar! |
  • The Sun Will Kill You (Very Quickly) |
  • Hey You Wanna V Rise Up? |
  • This Is The Shit Room, Where We Go To Shit |
  • Simon Belmont Wanders Around And Fucking Mercs You |
  • What Genre is Warframe? Yes |
  • Save Hades 2 For Later, Play V Rising Now |
  • +Please, God, Don't Give Castlevania to Mercury Steam Again |
  • BIGMODE Can Now Retire Undefeated |
  • If That's The End of My Life, Then So Be It I Guess |
  • Oh No Lucas, You ARE Dead! |
  • +Tyrant Raving Mad |
  • I See Adventure Time in Multiversus And My Vision Goes Red |
  • +Blondes Have More Fun. Australians Have More Fun. Australian Blondes? Forget About It! |


[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, written, & streamed (Twitch.tv/Ribnax) by Brian ‘Ribnax’ Barnett, & edited by Kris ‘Delfeir’ Cornelisse]

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