Saturday, February 25, 2023

EXP Podcast #694: Back to the Bad

Same feeling Piranha, buddy.
This week on the podcast, we revisit some games that not only didn't age well, but maybe were never good to begin with.

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- Listen to the podcast in your browser by clicking here, right-click and select "save as link" to download the show in MP3 format, or click play below.




 

Show Notes:

- Run time: 37 min 40 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks

Thursday, February 9, 2023

EXP Podcast #693: Cringing at the Camera

Contemplating the next zinger.
I've long since abandoned trying to be cool, which is hopefully a good defense mechanism against being "cringe."  But Marvel, Star Wars, and now Forspoken seem to have something to prove when it comes to how their characters approach the worlds in which they live.  People pick up on this and often labeling it as cringey dialog; hackneyed tries at being witty or sarcastic.  But what's really behind our negative reactions to these try-hards?  This week we use an article by Austin Walker to explore whether the audience-facing winks we see so often are actually a defense mechanism; one that lets writers try to mock their own work before anyone else can beat them to it.

- Here's the show's stand-alone feed
- Listen to the podcast in your browser by clicking here, right-click and select "save as link" to download the show in MP3 format, or click play below.




 

Show Notes:

- Run time: 37 min 40 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks

Saturday, February 4, 2023

EXP Podcast #692 - Dead Space Remake & FF7 Holidays

Close talkers are the worst!
This week we re-board the Ishimura to take a violent and viscera-filled visit to the Dead Space Remake. Is it one of the best horror games of all time? Absolutely! We also make a brief pit stop to check in on a new holiday in Japan: Final Fantasy 7 Day!

- Here's the show's stand-alone feed
- Listen to the podcast in your browser by clicking here, right-click and select "save as link" to download the show in MP3 format, or click play below.




 

Show Notes:

- Run time: 45 min 14 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks