Episode 53: Chico and the Man
The fifty-third episode of the podcast is all about the classic sitcom Chico and the Man! Just kidding, the topic is sports games, and Jake and Trav try to explain why they no longer play them, and what it would take to play them again. Updates to the backlog are here as usual, and Jake finally nails down his long play.
Episode 53
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Greetings
Who we are, the games we play
Random factoid
If you’re new to the show
Last week
Off-Killter 11 - Spooky Stories
Next few weeks
Send in your Pet Peeves, what really grinds your gears
Recent pickups & On the Radar
Trav
Pickups
Amnesia Collection (PS4)
Super Bomberman (SNES)
Went to Philly - visited some game stores
Classic Game Junkies: Glenside, PA
Cartridges Galore: Hagerstown, MD
Far Cry 5 (XB1) preorder
Radar (Nov 7 - Nov 20)
Title
Date
Platform
Need for Speed Payback
11/10
PC, XB1, PS4
LA Noire Remastered
11/10
PS4, XB1, Switch
Sonic Forces
11/7
PC, XB1, PS4, Switch
Jake
Pickups
Super Mario Odyssey
Assassin’s Creed Origins
Radar (Nov 7 - Nov 20)
Title
Date
Platform
Battlefront II
11/17
PC, XB1, PS4
Previously on Pawlykeeeeel
Jake and Trav scold EA’s choice to close Visceral and ponder the future of Amy Hennig’s Star Wars game. Jake doesn’t beat any games while Trav knocks out some serious SNES classics in Super Castlevania IV and Secret of Mana. The justbeatit’s get rather spooky, Jake doesn’t know what to add to his longplay, and Trav commits to The Last of Us. The 1994 Street FIghter movie starring Jean Claude Van Damme serves as the TAWWWPPIC OF DISSCUUSSSH.
Hot Jakes
News topics that Jake has an opinion on
Jake OLLIE’S the following
Xbox One X Launch! (LET THE X GAMES BEGIN!)
Moira, new Overwatch Hero (NUMBER 26!)
Completed Games or Retired:
Trav: Super Bomberman, [one in the discush]
Jake: naw
#justbeatit
Diego @alatinolawyer, known for representing criminals who were caught trying to conceal a boner in a public place, finished Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle.
Frankie @vypyrstryke beat Slayaway Camp on Steam, a game where you attend a weight loss camp as a middle schooler and try to pick up chicks by luring them in with stolen fudge.
Bender@Bender_Guitar, Caleb @CalebJRoss, and Myles@Flock of Nerds, all beat South Park the Fractured but Whole, a wholesome game about a snowy town’s elementary schoolers and their love for Jesus Christ.
James@Retropixil beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hyperstone Heist on the Sega Genesis, a game about 4 mutant Turtles who try to retrieve the corpse of Ronald Reagan from a troop of horney Nickelback fans.
POLYKILLERS
Ryan@itsrocketsauce, author of the latest book about how deep thigh workouts can prevent testicular torsion, beat the original Castlevania and Onimusha
Dean@Round_2_Gaming, who refers to Pabst Blue Ribbon as “dat good good”, finished two fresh whoppers - Super Mario Odyssey and Legend of Zelda Breath of the WIld.
Church@The_GameGrinder, who says his lowest moment in life was when his grandma walked in on him watching Nick at Nite wearing nothing but a turtle neck sweater and holding a Bop-it, finished Bubsy the Woolies Strike Back and South Park the Fractured but Whole
Kyle@DOPLIC, finished Castlevania Circle of the Moon, Mickey Mousecapade, and Viscera Cleanup Detail, a janitorial sim where you must work your way up from elementary school cafeteria to hugh hefner’s master bedroom.
Sean@Cartridgebros finished Super Castlevania IV, Gone Home, and the Turing Test, a game where it is up to the player to determine the difference between really enhanced AI and Keanu Reeves.
JD@PlayNListen, finished Inside…. Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid: Samus Returns, and Gunman Clive. JD also wanted everyone to know that, due to confusion, he’s renaming the get together at his place this weekend from Sausage Party to “Please, nothing but naked hot dudes extravaganza”. So, leave your bratwurst at home, folks.
Cliff@CliffHikes, who once ate an entire can of fancy feast to make a point about his stance on waterboarding , finished The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and earned platinum trophies for the entire Ezio Collection (AC2, AC Brohood, AC Revelations)
Kyle@Kyle_325_, whose favorite passtimes are writing Hamburglar fanfiction, scratching his butt hole without moving his arms, and playing lots of Halo, beat Halo 1, 2, 3, and 4 in a span of 8 days.
Added to Backlog:
Trav: [save it for the discush]
Jake: Super Mario Oedipus
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The Long Play:
Games that we are spending the most time with in our backlog.
Trav: The Last of Us (ps4)
Jake: Slurpy Mario Fantasy
Sidequests:
Games you don’t tell your long play about.
Trav: Va-jay-jay Story (ps1), 999 (nds)
Jake: M+R KB, MK8D
Discush (SPOATS SPOATS SPOATS - NO RACING GAMES)
What are some of your earliest sports game memories?
Trav
Electronic Football
Kid from school
John Elway’s Football
With dad
Tecmo Super Bowl
With dad
Blades of Steel
Buns of steel
NBA Jam
Jake
Madden 2000
NBA Courtside (GC)
NBA JAM SNES
The NHL and the NHLPA present Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hokey ‘98
What are some sports games you spent the most time with?
Trav
NFL Quarterback Club
Dad
Sports Talk Baseball
Complete season
Evander Holyfield Championship Boxing
Brother
MLB Pennant Race
Came w/ playstation
MVP Baseball 2005
Played almost 2 full seasons
NCAA Football 2014
Last entry, started subreddit
Jake
FIFA 14
With James
Why don’t we play as many sports games today?
Trav
No college game
Tired of the yearly iterations - Madden feels bloated
No baseball on xbox
“Unbeatable” and take loads of time
Interest in pro sports as waned
Jake
Too Much commitment for little catharsis
Better with a friend, I have no friends
What would a sports game need to include to entice you these days?
Trav
Story modes are great addition
Jake
Maybe beat some of my other games.
Trav’s backlog challenge
New yearly tradish?
Get them sombitches off the shelf
Going to add 10 football games to the backlog to beat before year’s end
Rules:
Play playoff mode and win.
If no playoff mode, play through season and earn championship.
Default settings.
Random team.
Already beat:
Bill Walsh College Football (genesis)
9 more to go before Dec 31, open to suggestions of retro football games worth playing
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