Episode 310 - Steam Decks, Hades 2, & Degeneracy OR "Keep Our Name In Your Mouth, But Do It Respectfully"

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

In this episode, Brian, Kris, Will and Lucas talk about Final Fantasy minigame related trauma. We also talk about Handheld PCs, Hades 2, Pacific Drive, and a smattering of other topics. We're quite unhinged and degenerate about it. Enjoy.

TOPIC AND TIMESTAMPS

• Intro - 0:00 |
• Brian's Steam Deck - 2:45 |
• Final Fantasy Related Trauma - 5:13 |
• Steam Deck and other Handhelds - 9:46 |
• Hades 2 - 27:47 |
• Degeneracy - 39:20 |
• Shogun and Black Sails - 45:39 |
• Unicorn Overlord (and Fire Emblem) - 49:47 |
• Star Wars: Thrawn - 53:20 |
• Pacific Drive - 55:30 |
• Mods and Steam Workshop on Deck (ft. Balatro) - 59:10 |
• Conclusions - 1:05:00 |

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

• +Steam Deck +1
• +So Many Lightning Bolts To Dodge Before You Get The Best Steam Deck
• +We Don't Use RPG Sickos In Place Of Something Else, We Use It Because You're Actual Sickos
• +I Call Myself a Sicko Because I Understand the Depravity To Which I Will Go
• +FFXIII, Not Even Once
• +I Would Simply Be Correct And Choose The Right Option
• +The Gang Discovers Their Least And Most Favourite Final Fantasy Games
• +Card Games Make A Man Do Strange Things
• +Todd Howard Has Never Made Anything That "Just Works"
• +"It Just Works" - Todd Howard, Creator of Some of The Buggiest Games Known to Man
• +It's Hard To Be This Funny, But Not Hard When You're This Talented
• +I, Too, Am Deck Ready
• +Consoles Nowadays Are Just Bad PCs
• +Reject Modern Game Console, Embrace the Handheld
• +We Could Be More Unhinged; Many of Us Are, In Fact, Too Hinged
• +The Sticks Are Stiff, But They Don't Resist
• +Supergiant Games Don't Miss
• +Hades is For Everyone, Because Everyone Can Find A Character They Find Attractive In That Game
• +Girl You Look Like You Could Crack Me In Half, Let Me Buy You A Drink
• +Nice To Meet You, Please Fucking Kill Me
• +Karlach.txt
• +My Sexuality is Karlach
• +We Are Not Worthy of Supergiant's Character Designs
• +This Isn't A Public Space, This Is A Private Show, I Run This Place, And I'm A Fucking Pervert
• +I Reserve The Right To Be Thirsty About Anyone
• +The Platformers Reserves The Right To Be Horny, In Places You Can Hear Us
• +Nobody Here Is Barking Like A Dog... Yet
• +That Is A Load-Bearing "Yet"
• +"I Do Not Want To Be Shogun", Says The Man Who Very Much Wants To Be Shogun
• +I Have The Internet, The Internet Will Provide
• +The Show Is A Little Too Horny For Kermit The Frog
• +I've Never Been More Disappointed; That's Actually Not True, I've Played Perfect Dark Zero
• +I Liked Fire Emblem Before It Was About Tubes of Colgate Toothpaste
• +The Rise, Fall, and Animeification of Fire Emblem
• +I'm Holding Off on Touching Balatro Mods, Because You'll Never See Me Again
• +Card Games? That's A Young Man's Game
• +The Cardboard Crack Is No More
• +Y'all Got Any More Of Those Booster Packs?
• +Skator Gator Is A Game You Play on Fridays, IYKYK
• +Keep Our Name In Your Mouth, But Do It Respectfully

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