Friendly Fireside Chats

Friendly Fireside Chats


Episode 29: To Boldly Go Where We’ve Been Before

January 27, 2015

What's this? Is it possible? Could it be? Did we actually get an episode out in a timely manner? That's right, folks...fasten your seatbelts and put your tray tables up, because, apparently, pigs are going to start crashing through your windows any second now.

This week, we tried our hands at the newest Pokémon titles, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. For the first time in more than fifteen years, the compulsion to catch 'em all overtook brave heroes Adam and McKee, who quickly succumbed to their love (and hatred) of the cute little beasties. What's new and different? What's proven to be a classic staple in the series? What hasn't changed at all and annoys us to death? Tune in to find out!

Aside from how awesome Torchic is, we talk about:

Evo 2015 and which games are going to be included
a whole bunch of Nintendo goings-on, including a healthy misunderstanding of the Amiibo craze
the apparent onslaught of microconsoles and how Mad Catz' MOJO is going for cheap!
Hatred, Hotline Miami 2 and video game ratings in general

What we thought was going to be one of our shorter episodes ended up being quite a long one. A little bit of off-topic conversation and us being at odds will do that to you. Hope you guys enjoy!

Like before and likely from here on, the MP3 can be found below. It is also on iTunes for people that might find it easier to get it from there. Twitter is definitely worth checking out, as we update it once or twice a year. Facebook updating is a lot more common and, really, that's probably where you saw this from anyways! Thanks for liking us there. Questions, complaints, recipes and how-tos should be sent to our email, which you can get to by clicking right here.

Next time we get together, we're going to be talking about an adventure game doubleheader. Grim Fandango has got itself a shiny new remake and Life Is Strange is waiting for us to take it for a ride. Tune in and we'll let you know just how awesome Grim Fandango is and probably something about the other one, too!