The Legend of Things

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Episode 36 - Playstation VR Special! Nov 09, 2016

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Shaun, Jonathan, and special guest Bud try out the new PS VR rig, jumping, sliding, diving, punching, and Snatch-ing their way through PS Worlds VR. Discussions abound for games like London Heist, EVE Valkyrie, Keep Talking and No One Explodes, Resident Evil 7's VR potential, Ocean Descent, and the desire for No Man's Sky in VR to redeem the game itself. Some of our favorite books make an appearance as well, including Snow Crash, and Ready Player One! Followed by myriad discussions on Resident Evil 1-4, Conker's Bad Fur Day, RARE, Shadows of the Empire, the X-Wing experience, motion sickness, and the next big thing: treadmill VR. Enjoy! All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Episode 35 - Super Spooky Halloween! Nov 02, 2016

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Shaun and Jonathan discuss the merits and shortcomings of the classic Matrix trilogy. The ghost of Harry Caray stops by to talk shop... he just comes by and then leaves like a ghost on the wind. Otherwise the guys talk about some of their highlights from the Steam Halloween sale like Condemned: Criminal Origins, Outlast, Alien: Isolation, Layers of Fear, Dead Space, Limbo, Inside, Amnesia: Dark Decent, Fran Bow, Oxenfree, and Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. We also take a first look at the playable web teaser for Little Nightmares. Plus some horror movie/show talk abounds with discussion on American Horror Story, May, Saw and the Paranormal Activity franchise. Lastly the guys wrap up with some call outs to their favorite horror games of all time! All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not the companies they represent.

Episode 34 - Civilization 6, Orwell, and the wonders of American Asking! Oct 26, 2016

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Shaun, Jonathan, and Danny jump into some major gaming announcements this week, including exploding Samsung phones in GTA V, Red Dead 2 teaser trailer, bits and pieces about the Nintendo Switch and their partner list, and why Danny is addicted to Metroid Prime. Guess what?! We also have the new trailer for LOGAN, new D&D movie interview and 5th edition book reorganization. Star Citizen is free to play for all of October, Last Guardian finally "finished", Civilization 6 is the deepest of the deep, AT&T is trying to take over the world, and a wonderful new game about taking on the role of a Big Brother agent, destroying the 4th Amendment in Orwell (Jon loves this game, go play it now!) All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not of the companies they represent.

Episode 33 - MMos, RPGs, Pantheon, and Shaun wants two-handed scabbards! Oct 19, 2016

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Shaun, and Jon talk a LOT about RPGs, MMOs, and old references. Prepare to experience the glories of Star Wars: The Old Republic's new expansion video, the potential glories of Pantheon (from the creator of EQ1), Elder Scrolls Online path from WoW clone to something unique, Dark Age of Camleot, Pathfinder, Starfinder... SO MANY RPGS! Also, Civilization 6 is right around the corner, Mafia 3 gets tanked, Resident Evil 7 now has a shotgun, Battlefield 1's tanks come equipped with pigeons. All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not of the companies they represent.

Episode 32 - Westworld, Power Rangers, Salt, and Jon Plugs his Board Game! Oct 12, 2016

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Shaun, Jon, and a wild Vanessa get down on new Stardew Valley content, Neil deGrasse Tyson's Space Odyssey, Mafia 3's super buggy launch, the joys of piracy in Salt, the beautiful hand-painted Sundered, and GTA V's new free biker gang DLC. Outside of the gaming realm, Netflix's Punisher gets a 2017 release date, Iron Fist releases March 17th, Suicide Squad's directors cut allegedly has more Joker, the brand new trailer for John Wick 2 arrives, Power Rangers get a highly suspect trailer, everyone loves Michael Jai White, the Mortal Kombat YouTube series should've turned into a movie, and Marvel might be doing something awesome with Blade! Additionally, we learn that Knowledge: Comics was Jon's dump skill. All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Episode 31 - Articles, Exhaustion, Osiris New Dawn, and Cat Attacks! Oct 05, 2016

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Shaun and Jon jump in for a quick yet rambly episode this week, as regular life is, oddly enough, time consuming! Be prepared for two dudes tiredly gabbing about gaming news, forgetting which Batman movie had a Fulton extraction, cats attacking microphones, and the wind gently rustling jimmies. October game releases, more NMS controversy, Little Nightmares 8 min clip, Wasteland 3 info, Destiny 2, Playstation Experience, Jean Claude Van Johnson, Firewatch in theatres, Assassin's Creed & Far Cry to take a year break, and Amazon's new game studio! All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Episode 30 - The Year in Review, and the return of Danny! Sep 28, 2016

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Shaun, Jon, and the well-dwelling Danny jabber about some new gaming news, and our top games of the year! We get our first peek at the Dark Tower TV series, Telltale's Batman game is getting great reviews, we discuss our different Patronus (Patroni?) and why Danny got Toothpaste, while we got birds and aquatic critters. Also, Ubisoft is trying to make The Division relevant again, and Destiny's Rise of Iron isn't as great as it was cracked up to be. Games of the Year! The national gaming event that oddly takes place before businesses Quarter 4 even begins! The guys have a full bevvy of categories to tackle, in-depth opinions, and analysis! Will the guys agree on any game at all? What game will take Game of the Year? Take a listen and find out. Sax music clip from www.stanrams.com, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 license. All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Epsiode 29 - Mass Effect's VO, Accoutning, Steam controversies, and Vanessa adds 90% entendres Sep 21, 2016

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Shaun, Jon and guest host Vanessa tackle a bevy of new gaming and cool media news. Lots of big changes this week on the PC side with Steam completely changing how their ratings are calculated. Digital Homicide throws a tantrum after Steam ban and moves into legal actions. Otherwise Nioh gets a firm release date while South Park: The Fractured But Whole gets pushed back. We get a bit more out of the Resident Evil 7 demo with some additional content that was just patched in giving us a further glimpse of what we are dealing with. Squanchtendo and Crows Crows Crows prove that lying is effective for forging solid business partnerships. Panzermadels: The Tank Dating Simulator stimulates Jon in all the right ways, plus tanks can 100% jump. While Bioshock Remastered is apparently not so remastered. Lastly we do a deep dive into Thea: The Awakening; a game that none of us had heard about but Jon and Shaun have definitely put hours into since it's discovery. And of course some new IN THE WANGS with Earthlock and Osiris: New Dawn, so check it out!! All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Episode 28: Mass Effect 4, PS4 Pro, The House Abandon, and guest host Sean! Sep 14, 2016

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Shaun, Jonathan, and guest host Sean banter their way through this week's gaming news, and their current games they're playing through! This week they discuss the new 4k footage from Mass Effect Andromeda, announcement of the PS4 Pro and Slim, Bethesda abandoning mod support for Skyrim/Fallout 4 due to Sony's restrictions (and Microsoft being passive-aggressive), glean some new features from Mafia 3 articles, Mos Eisley's recreation by Obsidian's Jason Lewis and team (for free download), why Red Alert 2 still holds up today, and an interesting review of No Man's Sky. Some games discussed include NBA2k17, Lords of the Fallen, Call of Duty / Battlefield, Y2K demo, The Fall of Lazarus alpha demo, The House Abandon, the static speaks my name, and LISA. Check em out! All opinions expressed are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

Episode 27: Valley, Battlefield 1 demo, your Questions, and the power of the Zloty! Sep 07, 2016

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Tons of things happened this week, including CD Projekt Red being valued at $1 billion dollars, revamped career mode for NBA 2k17, our thoughts on the Battlefield 1 demo, THQ Nordic's free update for the legendary game Titan's Quest, Stranger Things season 2 announced, and it's associated conspiracy theory origination, Shaun's earliest crush announced, Persona 5's new online component is revealed, Frostpunk - from the creators of This War of Mine - show off their new game with ramped up empathy. YTK: A Postmodern RPG has a demo out NOW! Check it out, 'cuz the guys will be playing it this week. The guys also discuss new controversy, including how and why false advertising sells, the perils of paid DLC in an early access game (loooking at you, Ark), and why Rockstar's recent GTA V lawsuit wins are important for the gaming industry. The classic Heavy Rain fail clip returns in all its glory. Alex gushes about Life Is Strange, Shaun channels his inner Shawshank in Prison Architect, and Jon expouses his joy of playing Valley. Wanna be a cat? Check out HK's dev-blog. Then they cap the episode off with questions from the audience! All opinions are those of the show hosts, and not representative of the companies they work for.

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