Bad End

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Bad End 14: Death and the apocalypse, but with great gamefeel Oct 19, 2017

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Kyle's still out honeymooning, but we have special guest and GQ writer Joshua Rivera (@jmrivera02) to talk real smart about games, god help us. We've been playing visual novels and some sub-2-hour games, so dive into some stuff that you can get through pretty quickly. Then, in our discussion of The Discourse Of The Week, we talk loot boxes and the "death" of single-player games.

1:42 - Doki Doki Literature Club
9:43 - A Mortician's Tale
16:34 - Forza, Gran Turismo
33:28 - Universal Paperclips
37:44 - Loot box controversy and the end of single player games

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

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Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 13: Getting Hitched With Nintendo Switch Oct 05, 2017

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Kyle is getting married this week, so we've got a two-person episode! With a special letter from Kyle to guide us along our journey, we discuss Cuphead, as well as a bunch of games for the Nintendo Switch (which we still love).

3:19 - Cuphead
9:32 - Picross S
14:40 - Golf Story
22:50 - Assassin's Creed Origins
28:03 - A Wedding Toast for Kyle

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 12: Heated Gaming Moments Sep 21, 2017

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"Heated gaming moments." We all have 'em from time to time! Let's talk about them, and uncover new ways to not be racist a**holes on the internet.

2:19 - Destiny 2
12:29 - Mario and Rabbids, and singing the praises of the Switch
20:50 - Danganronpa V3
27:52 - Zelda: Breath of the Wild
40:30 - Fav DLCs, Witcher 3
45:46 - Heated Gaming Moments

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 11: Bad End is Great, But It Has Some Flaws. 8/10 Sep 07, 2017

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Are you good at games? Does it matter? Do you actually care what I think about a game? Why are you even here? In Bad End 11, we get to the bottom of criticism, skill, and journalism, revealing the seedy underbelly of videogames in the process. We also talk about extremely geeky shit like Morrowind Online and a Mount & Blade mod, as well as new games like Absolver and Destiny 2.

4:10 Napoleonic Wars (Mount & Blade mod)
8:05 Counter-strike Source and internet cafes
11:00 Morrowind Online
19:10 Absolver
26:28 Destiny 2
38:52 Skill, journalism, and games criticism

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 10: Sonic and Uncharted might be Good Again Aug 24, 2017

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It's BAD END 10. We talk Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, which Caty reviewed for US Gamer dot net. We talk Hellblade, a great game with a bad name. We talk about how Sonic Mania might maybe redeem some of Sonic's annoying aspects. Then we talk about what's going on in the world of 'electronic sports', which two of us know close to nothing about.

3:22 - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
11:50 - Sonic Mania
26:26 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
45:23 - Hearthstone, Brand New, and Terrace House
53:20 - League of Legends and bathroom breaks
1:00:10 - Boba Stories
1:04:57 - Avatar: The Last Airbender
1:08:35 - Kyle goes off

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 9: Talkin' Walkin' Aug 10, 2017

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God we hope you feel strongly about walking simulators cuz we GO IN on them this episode, specifically in the context of The Fullbright Company's new joint TACOMA. Is the genre outdated? Is Tacoma successful? Why do these people keep using that font? Listen to find out (hell yeah clicky content) Thanks to our special guest Emma Kidwell - you can check out her games by looking up emmkid on itch.

2:50 - Tacoma
13:00 - Spoilers start (they're not that intense of spoilers imo, we're not super explicit about them)
21:34 - Kyle's first critique
30:42 - Diversity in Tacoma
47:47 - Kyle's second critique
49:58 - On "Walking Simulator" as a genre

Intro/Outro: "TABOO" by Seiho

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 8: PUBG ACTUALLY SUCKS??? JOURNALISM IS DEAD??? Jul 27, 2017

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Holy crap ok so we're back and there's a lot to talk about. This episode we straight-up talk for two hours: about games (ofc), the disintegration of "indie," games media, online content, zone-out games, videogames as shareable works, and a bunch of other stuff that I can't even think of off the top of my head.

START - PUBG
13:26 - Splatoon 2
24:44 - Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, FFXIV
28:10 - Albion Online
36:00 - Mobile stuff (Kami 2, Ballz, Slidey)
43:20 - Pyre
50:44 - Supergiant and "Indie"
1:13:29 - Persona 5 and shareability
1:21:15 - The role of videogame journalism in 2017

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho.

Email: badendpod at gmail dot com
Twitter: @badendpodcast

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 7: The SNES Classic Makes Caty Feel Like A Fncking Baby Jun 30, 2017

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BAD END is out of the E3 tornado and back on its Everyday Videogaming bullshit. Listen for existential dread, hollow pugilism, and mass-produced nostalgia.

2:29 - Everything (the videogame)
11:48 - Arms
24:56 - Hollow Knight
27:44 - Wolfenstein: The New Order
33:36 - The Witcher 3
36:50 - Monument Valley 2 (Shouts out to moms)
43:57 - The Super Nintendo CLASSIC

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho.
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 6: E3 Special Jun 16, 2017

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Happy E3 everyone! We celebrate the event by recapping each press conference... and you can bet your sweet Skyrim remasters we're bringing the takes.

1:11 - EA
6:45 - Microsoft
21:55 - Bethesda
27:41 - PC games
38:37 - Ubisoft
53:07 - Sony
1:01:23 - Nintendo
1:08:18 - RIP Indies, E3 Wrap-up

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho.
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

Bad End 5: The Last of Us is the Five Guys of Videogames May 25, 2017

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In BAD END 5, we team up with illustrious videogame and film writer Zach Budgor (@hastapura)to discuss some of today's biggest questions in gaming. Could PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS hail a new age of auteurism in videogames? Is The Last of Us Overhyped? Could Kyle's taste in burgers possibly be as bad as his Tweets from the BAD END account? (Follow us btw, @badendpodcast)

2:00 - PUBG (Playerunknown's Battlegrounds)
21:40 - Kingdom Hearts Triple D
28:56 - Arc Symphony
39:05 - The Last of Us
1:00:37 - Our Burger War

Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho.
Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

BAD END is proud to be part of SUPERCULTURE, a network of podcasts and websites dedicated to the underobserved. Tweet us @superculturenet

Intro/Outro music is "TABOO" by SEIHO

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