The Weekly Stuff #477 - Baldur’s Gate 3, Video Game News, Listener Mail & More!
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09/19/23 • 167 min
It’s an exciting grab-bag of topics this weeks as we discuss some recent video game news from Sony and Nintendo, dive into a big ol’ bag of listener mail, and talk more about two of our favorite games of the year with Baldur’s Gate 3 and Armored Core VI. A surprise Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play give us plenty of video game announcements and trailers to talk about, including our best look yet at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and an absolute avalanche of Mario games from Nintendo, including the long-requested remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Then we answer some questions sent in by listeners, including thoughts on what movies/shows/games our opinions have most changed on over the years, the state of superhero movies and DC in particular, our favorite live music experiences, and much, much more.
Enjoy!
Time Chart:
Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:01:21
Armored Core VI: 0:01:21 – 0:06:13
Baldur’s Gate 3: 0:06:13 – 0:30:48
Video Game News: 0:30:48 – 1:27:53
Listener Mail: 1:27:53 – 2:47:13
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Ending music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
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Original Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman
It’s an exciting grab-bag of topics this weeks as we discuss some recent video game news from Sony and Nintendo, dive into a big ol’ bag of listener mail, and talk more about two of our favorite games of the year with Baldur’s Gate 3 and Armored Core VI. A surprise Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play give us plenty of video game announcements and trailers to talk about, including our best look yet at Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and an absolute avalanche of Mario games from Nintendo, including the long-requested remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Then we answer some questions sent in by listeners, including thoughts on what movies/shows/games our opinions have most changed on over the years, the state of superhero movies and DC in particular, our favorite live music experiences, and much, much more.
Enjoy!
Time Chart:
Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:01:21
Armored Core VI: 0:01:21 – 0:06:13
Baldur’s Gate 3: 0:06:13 – 0:30:48
Video Game News: 0:30:48 – 1:27:53
Listener Mail: 1:27:53 – 2:47:13
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our sister series about the wide, wacky world of anime: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Explore our archives and subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcasting platforms:
https://weeklystuffpodcast.com
Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!
https://weeklystuff.substack.com
Ending music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://japanimationstation.com
Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK
Subscribe to our YouTube channels!
Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Original Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman
Previous Episode
The Weekly Stuff #476 - Reviewing Justified: City Primeval & Final Fantasy XVI
It’s a double-header on today’s podcast as we review two very different things from this summer that we both love passionately: FX’s Justified: City Primeval, the sequel miniseries to the modern neo-western classic starring Timothy Olyphant, and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XVI, the latest and among-the-greatest entry in the venerable JRPG series. Justified is one of our favorite TV series, and the return absolutely did not disappoint, putting Raylan Givens in a new setting and telling a new kind of story with him, while continuing his character development in really smart, thoughtful ways. Final Fantasy XVI is one of the year’s best games, but also perhaps one of its most misunderstood, and in this discussion, we mainly break down the story and themes and why so much of what it’s doing has been dismissed in Western reviews and thinkpieces.
Enjoy!
Time Chart:
Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:02:25
Armored Core VI: 0:02:25 – 0:17:47
Baldur’s Gate 3: 0:17:47 – 0:23:56
Justified City Primeval: 0:23:56 – 1:46:05
Final Fantasy XVI: 1:46:05 – 3:05:56
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our sister series about the wide, wacky world of anime: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Explore our archives and subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcasting platforms:
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Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!
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Ending music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://japanimationstation.com
Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK
Subscribe to our YouTube channels!
Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Original Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman
Next Episode
The Weekly Stuff #478 - Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways, WGA & Xbox News, and Jonathan’s New Book!
It’s a big week with lots of news here at the Weekly Stuff, including Jonathan’s announcement of his new book, 200 Reviews, which releases this Sunday! He tells you a little bit about it on today’s show (and you can pre-order it on Amazon now for Kindle, with a paperback version coming soon!), and we’ll discuss it more next week. On today’s show, we discuss the triumphant end of the writer’s strike, lots of Xbox news courtesy of a historic document leak, and review Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 DLC, Separate Ways, an outstanding extension of a wonderful game that leaves us wanting more from Ada Wong and her awesome grappling hook.
Enjoy!
Time Chart:
Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:01:07
Jonathan’s Book, 200 Reviews: 0:01:07 – 0:11:25
Stuff: 0:11:25 – 0:28:53
News: 0:28:53 – 1:36:25
Separate Ways: 1:36:25 – 1:56:15
Pre-order 200 Reviews by Jonathan Lack https://a.co/d/efTM4zp
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our sister series about the wide, wacky world of anime: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Explore our archives and subscribe to The Weekly Stuff Podcast on all podcasting platforms:
https://weeklystuffpodcast.com
Follow The Weekly Stuff Wordcast newsletter for regular updates and extra content!
https://weeklystuff.substack.com
Ending music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
Read Jonathan Lack’s movie reviews and stay up to date with all our podcast projects at https://www.jonathanlack.com
Subscribe to JAPANIMATION STATION, our podcast about the wide and wonderful world of anime: https://japanimationstation.com
Read Jonathan’s book 200 Reviews in Paperback or on Kindle – https://a.co/d/bLx53vK
Subscribe to our YouTube channels!
Japanimation Station: https://www.youtube.com/c/japanimationstation
Purely Academic: https://www.youtube.com/@purelyacademicpodcast
Support the show at Ko-fi ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/weeklystuff
Original Music by Thomas Lack https://www.thomaslack.com/
©2012 - Present Jonathan R. Lack & Sean Chapman
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