Episode 304 - Helldivers 2, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, & Dragon Quest X Offline OR "Sweet Liberty! My Arm!"

The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

In this episode, Kris, Will and Lucas do our part for Super Earth! We also talk about Dragon Quest X Offline, Tekken 8, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and a smattering of other topics. Oh, and Helldivers 2. Enjoy.

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:

• Helldivers 2 - 1:18 |
• Playing Games As A Critic After Reviewing - 18:51 |
• Layoffs and Emulation Scene Turmoil - 23:29 |
• Dragon Quest X Offline - 26:25 |
• MMOs Old And New - 35:45 |
• Gaming Friend Groups and the Xbox Live Experience - 38:33 |
• Tekken 8 - 41:52 |
• Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth (and Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise) - 48:42 |

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

• I Was in Chair Two Once, Now They've Got Me Over Here |
• + We Took Operation Super Earth to Eliminate the Palworld Menace |
• +++ The Best Way We Can Defeat the Bugs is a STRONG ECONOMY |
• Bullets Cannot Go Through Cover Provided it is Large and Impenetrable |
• How Bout A Nice Cup of Liber-Tea|
• +++ Sweet Liberty! My Arm! |
• I'm Just Chuckling Because Now I'm a Torso Wearing a Cape |
• +Kill the Bugs and Take Their Oil |
• +++ I'm Taking Off My Critic Hat and Putting on my Dunce Hat |
• + I'm Hoping to Fight the Legally Distinct Protoss in my Legally Distinct Mech |
• + The Layoffs Will Continue Until Morale Improves |
• It's on the Internet, the Internet Doesn't Forget |
• Well You Went Too Far to the Right, Now Everything's Just Going to Murder You in 10 Seconds |
• ++ It'll Delevel Your Ass Without Hesitation |
• I Don't Know Why Anyone Played These Things! I Don't Know Why I Played These Things! |
• + Your Friends Were Weak, They Don't Deserve Diamond |
• + Some of us Are Surprised We Don't Get Beat Up For Our Lunch Money |
• + Do You Know How To Korean Backdash? You Gonna Learn! |
• If You're an RPG Sicko, You're Either Living it Up or Incredibly Stressed Out |
• Yakuza Crossing |
• ++ Driving Out In The Desert in a Buggy and Super Monkey Ball Music is Blaring |
• + A Middling to Bad RGG Game is Better Than Several of Your Favourite Games |
• + Let's Get Out of Here, I've Got Some Helldivers to Play |

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]