Idle Thumbs 244 - Heroes vs Villains

Jake Rodkin has vanished. In his absence, we discuss Bushido Blade, Yakuza 5, Rainbow Six: Siege, and the obscure Japanese open-world game Mizzurna Falls. Which can mean only one thing: Steve "Hot Scoops" Gaynor has returned. 00:17 — Intro - Steve’s back 02:17 — Mizzurna Falls - Twin Peaks replicated on a PS1 04:47 — Mizzurna Falls - Made by the Human Corporation, wink wink 05:34 — Mizzurna Falls - Steve watched a playthrough 07:30 — Bushido Blade - Fells like a contemporary indie multiplayer game 09:31 — Bushido Blade - Tension 10:27 — Bushido Blade - Weapon choice 11:09 — Bushido Blade - Accurately depicts a sword battle 11:36 — Bushido Blade - Lets you be an honorable or dishonorable fighter 12:29 — Bushido Blade - First-person mode 13:00 — Bushido Blade - How it compares to current games 16:20 — Jake - His Christmas tree is sick 16:50 — Bridge - Like the actual card game 17:57 — Bridge - There’s some ethically fraught shit 19:13 — Bridge - Chris and Jake were partners with their life partners 20:45 — Virtual Reality - Cockpit games 24:41 — Google Cardboard - Awkward street scenes and celebrities floating in space 28:11 — Google Street View - Timeline feature 30:30 — Zombies, Run! - An app that motivates you to run 32:53 — Casper - The mattress totally explodes out of the box 35:18 — Oculus Rift - Classic price of 599 US Dollars 38:06 — Yakuza 5 - Unlocking the full potential of the PS3 40:22 — Oculus Rift - It will be hard for early adopters to evangelize it 41:53 — Phantasy Star Online - That’s what Kylo Ren would play 43:45 — Bigger Luke - He’s a slightly larger Luke 46:14 — Rainbow Six Siege - Steve likes that it’s kind of like SWAT 4 50:24 — Rainbow Six Siege - It treats single-player like multiplayer 51:52 — Rainbow Six Siege - Learning and exploiting enemy behavior 54:59 — Multiplayer FPSs - They actually look amazing now 57:37 — Half Life 2 - Speed running turns the game into a physics nightmare 1:00:30 — Awesome Games Done Quick - It’s a crazy, awesome thing 1:06:29 — Spintires - Moving logs slowly through the mud 1:10:51 — Reader Mail - Minecraft - The urban legend of Herobrine 1:13:26 — Reader Mail - Star Wars Battlefront - Darth Vader is doing well 1:14:48 — Nick Breckon - His mother kept a diary of his childhood 1:17:26 — Idle Thumbs Episodes on YouTube - You already know how cool they are 1:18:23 — Reader Mail - GotY by Volume - The game talked about most in 2015 1:22:36 — Outro - Please listen to Idle Weekend and The Idle Book Club