Home Row

On this, the epic 27th entry in the odyssey of the Home Row podcast we welcome Alpacapatrol, our esteemed guest and nobleman. Slow news week – but that won’t stop KOJIMA KORNER!! The DICE Summit will feature talks from Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro about the creative process as well as Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford – check out some of the cool past talks from what is basically TED talks for games here (there’s one with JJ Abrams and Gabe Newell!) : http://www.dicesummit.org/
Brian went to PAX South – which was awesome and saw a TON of great games. Gushing about games like Umbrella Corps, Street Fighter V, Moving Hazard, Dead Star, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Stories: Path of Destinies, Marble Mountain, Enter the Gungeon and Omnibus. We learned there’s a thriving and passionate bus simulator community, Re/Core developers are hard at work on a really cool space game in the interim, and SF:V has some incredible artwork.
Brian also got to try the HTC Vive with the aforementioned Marble Mountain, and this spawned a chat about VR yet again, which Alpacapatrol had some unique observations on what could happen that we’ve not heard before, while Doxy and Joe are still hype – Brian is showing his first signs of apprehension, or perhaps major bummage that VR might be a bit price prohibitive.
Alpacapatrol has been playing Darkest Dungeon in the not-so-patient wait for XCOM 2. We found out that Alpacapatrol has about the same gripes that Brian did, finding a few things a little annoying, but realizing the game is overall very solid. He’s also been on some Adventure Capitalist as mobile fix for the time being.
Doxy has been all over Might and Magic III – and everyone agrees it is awesome. While she wants more time, and finds it a bit brutal, it’s awesome and she can’t wait to get more going.
Joe gushes about The Division after admitting he has a Battlefield and Halo problem again. The Division is shaping up to be something great after Joe got about 20-ish hours on two different platforms and is utterly impressed. Also impressive is that Joe went all tactical speak just like the stupid Ubisoft videos from the past few years.

Alpacapatrol - www.twitch.tv/alpacapatrol / http://www.youtube.com/alpacapatrol

The gang is back - and back at it in spectacular fashion. In what is technically a very sound show (a first, ever) Brian struggles with Cincinatti ISP problems and illustrates the importance of high res video. CKD joins the group coming in hot with his GOTY's which include Undertale, Witcher 3, Dropsy, MGS V: The Phantom Pain, LISA, and Fallout 4 - even though the last patch broked his controls.

The group chats about Oculus Pricing - a somewhat shocking discussion really - EA not having a traditional E3 press conference, the Wii U and Nintendo, and Kojima is on a world tour - but that's about it.

Doxy has been all about Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, and it's "crazy dope" but the fusion of Dragon Age and Dark Souls comes out in the RPG in beautiful fashion - Brian and Joe have played as well and gush about how cool the game really is.

CKD has been on Darkest Dungeon, which he's still a fan of but not a fan of the RNG and it can be brutal as always. Also getting a share of the time was Mad Max - which Joe and CKD hit on the incredible apocalyptic world, the look and feel, and more are nailed - but the game overall has a great Mad Max vibe, and it does movie properties well - Mad Max is an example of a very solid game, but doesn't really excel too crazily.

Quigs has been on more Lego Dimensions - taking his sweet time through the Ghostbusters and Dr Who levels, of which he has two totally different impressions. Also on the list was Resident Evil 0 HD Remastered. Joe and Brian are on the same page here having both played it just feels a bit weird, leaves some things out and overall is an awesome Resident Evil game, but there are qualifiers when recommending it.

Joe got time into Uncharted and Until Dawn - Uncharted getting the lion's share of time it really hit a lot of cool notes for him, and will probably be the go-to for the future. Until Dawn hit the right spots as well but didn't get the full treatment

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After a holiday hiatus, your favorite hosts, Doxy, Joe, and Brian are back to discuss their favorite games of 2015 and the games they are most looking forward to in 2016.

Tech issues abound we cannot be stopped from doing a show! Somehow, some way Hideo Kojima weasels his way once again into the Homerow Podcast. Since he's Joe's personal hero, we talk more about his announcement and new partnership and where we would like to see his efforts. The team is all over the board in terms of what we've played this week, including big games and the not so big ones. Final Fantasy comes up, as well as the Wii U and what Nintendo might do next.

Oh my god we're back again. Brothers sisters everybody, and friends?

Admission - audio quality is awful because Joe is a dumb dumb and had the wrong mic selected.

We're not your source for news for E3 so we're going to talk about what we're playing and a little bit about what's going on. Our E3 reactions, analysis, and arguments are coming early next week in a rare double does of HomeRow so check back!

This week we talk the Kojima Korner and his exit from Konami, new Death Stranding and what is a whale doing.

Allison Road has gone bye bye :( and we're not pumped - but we read too much into words on Twitter anyway. This is really the only news we've got, and it's a bummer.