Three-Way Catch-Up: #56 and #57

Work has been hectic. didn't realize I was missing so many posts. Sorry about that! Here's a quick catch up from the past TWO podcasts!

BulletPoints - The New World of Rainbows and Unicorns

Welcome back to BulletPoints and today I had probably planned some kind of video-game based topic or movie topic to discuss. However something big in the political sphere has occurred and it’s worth talking about. It’s a big step for the United States and possibly mankind as a whole. It’s the fact that homosexual marriage (now just marriage) is in fact a legal thing nationwide as decreed by the federal level of government. I’m not gay myself but I fully respect the right of people who are to finally celebrate their love in a way equal to any other couple and pay higher income taxes because of it. But, that being said, there are people who are against this notion. I’m not here to tell them they’re wrong. I’m here to talk them off their ledge and hopefully get them to see the world isn’t going to Hell and they’re just going to have to learn to accept the changes taking place.

BulletPoints - Lessons of E32015

So let’s talk about E3. I know that was all last week’s stuff. But today’s episode isn’t so much about the glory of the things to come from E3, but the things we should have learned from this year’s E3. For, you see, I’ve viewed this event for some time as a burlesque show to give us sights we want, but are mostly things we cannot touch (unless you’re so privileged to go and have the time/passes to do so). Let’s talk about all the pretty things we’ve seen and what we’ve learned from what we saw (or didn’t see) this year at E3.

Smash Suggestion Box - Krystal

Move over Fox McCloud, because we want to see the first lady of the Star Fox Team join the brawl.

Three-Way Podcast #55 - Can't Be a Kid or a Squid in Black Ops 3

After discussing E3 in our extra-casts we discuss sports, dinosaurs, and play a bit of Drawful from Jackbox.  Shoutouts to Whit Hertford!

Freak Out - Five Nights At Freddy's - (Part 1)

After weeks of job searching, our temporary intern in-training Max has been brought on as a security guard for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. What could possibly go wrong? 

E3-Way Podcast - Nintendo 2015

And to round out our list and finish our E3-Centric videos, here comes Nintendo. Where we talk about the exciting games like Metroid Federation Force... and the not-Four-Swords multiplayer-Zelda game. Hooray!

E3-Way Podcast Sony 2015

Today Nicole and Connor join Aaron on the Sony-Hype train to discuss more VR tech, cable TV, and something called Final Fantasy Vii... Is that like the Wii but missing half the "W"? Enjoy! E3 Hype!

BulletPoints - Why Gaming Matters

Welcome back to BulletPoints. What I’ve noticed is that all my reviews have been about films and most of my BulletPoints-posts have been about video games. I imagine when I start review games again this will reverse, but I just find this divide a little weird. If I wasn’t so busy watching TV all the time and catching up on old shows, I’d probably have gotten a couple of other games reviewed by now. Alas, hasn’t happened yet. But fear not because Splatoon is coming soon (as a review) and that’ll change everything.

Three-Way Podcast #53 - Jerking Our Controllers

Today we are both kids now and squids now. 

BulletPoints - Child's Play

Welcome back to BulletPoints, a series that discusses the timeless quality forms of entertainment like games, movies, games, TV, games, comics, games, and games. We discuss this entertainment in terms of art, business, and just the entertainment in of itself. As we’ve discussed in issues past, I don’t like it when entertainment is made or designed to be exclusionary. And it pisses me off more so when people ask me a question implying that said form of entertainment is, by default, exclusionary. 

BulletPoints - Game Ideas #001 - Last Seconds

Welcome back to Bullet Points, a series that covers topics of large variety in games, movies, comics, and really anything that spells out “nerd.” It’s just a few weeks before the big E3 announcement jamboree, meaning gaming news slows to a crawl. I could talk about the big “Kickstarter Boom” going on with games like Yooka-Laylee and Bloodstained showing companies like Microsoft and Konami how horrible they’re failing, but I won’t. Folks like Jim Sterling have already covered that.

BulletPoints - Silent Hill: Infestation

Recently, the cancellation of Silent Hills came to pass. Konami has once again proven they are incapable of providing us with good games. As evidenced by the fact Silent Hill having quality issues for years, Kojima’s departure from Konami, and their inability to market games in a way that will help them actually sell. This was even brought up in our most recent podcast (#48 Nobody Thinks of Norman Reedus). 

To mourn the loss of this potentially spectacular project, I thought why not create my own Silent Hill. For those who don’t know what I mean, Silent Hill is a mysterious town that has connections to a darker, more hell-like world. Throughout the games, it’s been established that those who enter Silent Hill and have darker pasts and great fears will see them come to life. The town acts as not an evil force to torture its victims, but a neutral force designed to help guide you through your internal struggles. True, its dangerous and horrifying, but sometimes the struggles we face are just that and we need a strong enough push to get us past them. This is ignoring the cult-aspect from Silent Hill 1 and Silent Hill 3.

Also keep in mind this is personal. While I have no dark past to really speak of (seriously, I’m a normal dude for the most part) I do have some fears. I don’t expect all of them will be shared here, but I’ll do enough to give a sense of the world and a possible story behind it. And if any development team working on a future Silent Hill title wants to borrow these ideas, don’t let me stop you. I know I won’t be working for Konami to make a game in the series anytime. Even if I did, I’m sure they wouldn’t tell me I was working on a Silent Hill game until a week after it had been announced… which is a week after it launches.

Three-Way Podcast #47 - Robot Pirates

Hello! Good morning! So I've noticed the blog has fallen behind a bit. If you are someone who has kept up with us on our YouTube Channel, then you're fine. But if you never migrated over there or only check here, then I sincerely apologize. It's just one of those things that, once we got busy, I didn't realize I had been neglecting it.

To make up for it, I've decided to come over here and get all of our latest content up on the E-Vac Blog this morning. I'll also be getting it on our Steam Page as well. We getting to a point where the E-Vac Station Brand is going to be exploding everywhere in hopes to push our subscribers and views to new levels. We can only do so with your help. Please be sure to like, share, comment, and subscribe. Thank you!

This week on the podcast the co-host becomes the host.  We discuss space, robots getting arresting, trailers, and even talk about games.
Also new channel goal: Max has agreed to do a Q&A once we hit 50 subs!
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Trailers on Trial: Poltergeists Persona-Fived

Welcome back to Trailers on Trial where we pass judgment on the snippets of film or game footage released to build up hype. Will the game/movie of today live up to said hype or do we even care with what we’ve been shown? Today’s defendants are the new Persona 5 trailer AND the remake of Poltergeist (2015).

Majestic Twelve - Games of 2014

Many argue 2014 was a bad year for games. And I suppose that really depends on who you ask. I found many worthwhile indie games from Hand of Fate to Shovel Knight were coming out and I couldn't even get to them all. I found the Xbone actually had games on it (though I still haven't bought the damn thing). It was a good year for Platinum as they had three different titles release this year (though one was just a PC port, still counts). Telltale had a good year with three games coming out this year as well (two having concluded and the third just starting). And this was an excellent year for Nintendo with many great games worth owning a WiiU for.

Yes, many games did get delayed into 2015, which sucks. But I actually liked that because it lessened the stress on my wallet during the holiday shopping season. And some of those titles are filling up the early spring games drought that we usually get nothing released in. It's a blessing in disguise that few are thinking ahead for (as usual). All that said, let's get to the best offerings of 2014 (As decided by me). And because I said so, these must be true and if you disagree, you're probably wrong and maybe even some kind of racist (though probably not). 

Reloading: Bayonetta 2 - Messing WIth the Best

I said it was coming and I did not lie. Here is our review of Bayonetta 2. 

Majestic Twleve - Things of Interest on the XBone

I recently did a top twelve game recommendation for the Wii U. And while I made the recommendations without getting paid by anyone and did so because I think it’s a fine console people should try, I’m fully expecting some kind of reflexive response from people sooner or later about how I didn’t do a list for the PS4 or the Xbone (I refuse to call it anything else). There’s a few problems with that… 

BulletPoints - The Problems with Early Access

This is a topic I’m sure many of you have seen elsewhere and discussed a great deal. But since I have yet to weigh in on the topic and I want to keep the blog-posts rolling, why not discuss my take on Early Access games? 

The Majestic Twelve - DLC Ideas for Smash Bros WiiU/3DS

Recent news came out in regards to Sakurai’s decision about DLC after Mewtwo. While fans don’t seem to agree 100% on what he means, the exact phrasing I’ve been told is that, “We have nothing planned as far as DLC.” This doesn’t mean there WON’T be DLC sometime down the road. Articles generally all seem to agree that Mewtwo is going to be Nintendo’s and Sakurai’s experiment with DLC in Smash to see how that goes first before committing to anything further. 

And while I commend them and their reasoning for doing so (not wanting to make people feel they cut content from the game to BE DLC), I can safely say that the game is chalk-full of content that such a worry comes off as nothing more than silly at this point. But still, I would like to know that while nothing is solidly PLANNED for DLC that Sakurai at least has SOME idea of what he might want to do for future content updates. Below are my top twelve ideas of what I’d like to see as far as content updates/DLC goes. Directly… to you.