Easy Allies Podcast #265 - May 7, 2021
Added 2021-05-07 17:42:21 +0000 UTCVideo Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzdpI-vRJNI
While we’re unqualified to examine the court case between Epic and Apple, the documents released from it are fun to peek at. We chuckle at financial reports and private emails while pondering a return to Sunset Overdrive, Game Builder Garage’s surprise announcement, the best-selling Star Wars games ever, and our favorite moments from Giant Bomb.
00:00:00 - Opening
00:00:59 - Corrections
00:03:49 - Silver Lining
00:05:45 - Epic v Apple legal documents
00:46:51 - Giant Bomb restructuring
00:56:28 - Game Builder Garage announced
01:06:53 - Sunset Overdrive legal filing
01:13:35 - Top Selling Star Wars Games
01:20:44 - Also This Week...
01:31:47 - L&R - Do we love digital doubles?
01:37:52 - L&R - Game: Monster or Pokémon?
01:42:04 - L&R - Game: Same Game Engine?
01:48:48 - L&R - Why be quick to announce?
01:54:17 - L&R - For the Love of Nod
01:56:32 - Time For Bets
02:01:03 - Closing
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Comments
I'm afraid Ben's gonna have to have his Hollow Knight fan card revoked for not knowing Hollow Knight is from Australia. Knowing Team Cherry might be there is one of the main reasons I get excited for PAX Aus, living here myself. And just adding my own two cents on Crash 4, but I think its problem is that if you're just running through the levels the game is okay, but to me the best thing about Crash was always going the extra mile and trying to 100% it, and for Crash 4 that process is just... vile and cruel. And people were not shy about saying that either, I remember Caddicarus had a video about it where he put in the time to get absolutely everything, meaning having to get all the boxes in every single level without dying, half of which are repeats with filters over them, among other things, and in the video he quite flatly states "Do not do this. It is not worth it". As a fan of Crash since childhood, realising before I even hit halfway that I was never going to go for 100% kind of crushed my enjoyment. Sorry, that's quite a negative thing to say about it, and I don't think the team deserved what happened to them as a result, but Crash 4 didn't live up to expectations for a lot of the completionist fans.
Sasquatch
2021-05-12 11:56:34 +0000 UTCCorrection (well not really but Ben should have known) - Hollow Knight is from Adelaide, Australia.
Somestranger-_-
2021-05-11 19:25:31 +0000 UTCCorrection: Crash 4 did not sell astronomically, we don't even know that it sold well. Physical sales were 80% down on the N.Sane trilogy but it also sold 402,000 units digitally in its first month. The fact that they haven't released definitive sales figures is likely a bad sign, it may be around the million mark but we can't know for sure. For a series as legendary as Crash Bandicoot, 1 mil isn't really cutting it. In the same time period N sane trilogy managed over 10 mil so the drop in sales is massive. Despite being well recieved critically, it looks like Crash 4 did not sell well, unfortunately. This is likely one of the reasons why Toys for Bob is being moved on to Call of Duty.
TundraBoyMuc
2021-05-11 01:06:33 +0000 UTCThis might be an issue with your app or device. The volume on the MP3 here seems to be fine.
ZeoVGM
2021-05-10 02:49:13 +0000 UTCCan you guys turn up the volume on these a bit? I have to turn these up so loud in my car compared to everything else.
Beel Cleenton
2021-05-09 19:30:48 +0000 UTCOh my goodness... Ian. If you haven't played Wario Ware DIY, pick it up. It is AMAZING. It's so fun and easy to knock out a 3 second micro game. It honestly inspired me to get into legit game dev via Construct 2 (now Construct 3). It gives me VERY high hopes for Game Builder.
Raven Perez
2021-05-09 15:59:50 +0000 UTCYup listening with earbuds and it is really annoying
Baircade
2021-05-09 13:36:41 +0000 UTCSorry to report Jones' crackling mic is back. You can start hearing it at 47:15.
MBUN
2021-05-09 07:19:59 +0000 UTCThis is honestly less about not knowing and more about me being terrible at point blank questions. -Bloodworth
Easy Allies
2021-05-09 03:44:15 +0000 UTCWithout exaggerating, as an Aussie I’m traumatised (okay, maybe a bit of exaggeration) by lack of knowledge of Australian games in this episode! Here’s just a small slice: Screen Cheat Assault Android Catcus —— and games that weren’t mentioned Untitled Goose Game HOLLOW KNIGHT Fruit Ninja Crossy Road Florence LA Noire Golf/Sports Story Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel And there are of course, many, many more
Paul James
2021-05-08 22:38:58 +0000 UTCI was super lucky when I got selected for Jury duty. Seriously I spent just a little over 2hrs the entire time. Showed up, 20mins later I was selected WITHOUT being interviewed/screened by the lawyers, mostly because it was a drug trafficking case. All of us walked into the courtroom, and seriously right then and there, the defense said to the Judge “Your honor, due to the overwhelming physical evidence, my client would like to make a deal.” BAM! 30mins later we all went home! AND it counted as a “I have served in jury duty” and was told “Thank you for serving in our Judicial system” by the Judge. But 10yrs later I learned I wasn’t allowed to serve because my mother works for the county in the DA’s office.
Seanie Dee
2021-05-08 16:53:07 +0000 UTCI never contribute to this wonderful community but felt compelled to say that, the way Ben spoke about Giant Bomb being his heroes is the way I feel about the Allies. Great content exceeded by great human beings. Much L&R.
Scott Holdsworth
2021-05-08 10:46:16 +0000 UTCSort of a correction but Hollow Knight and Untitled Goose Game are both Australian games.
DancingElk
2021-05-08 05:48:30 +0000 UTCMaybe a correction, maybe not: I have not played RE8 but since there seems to be so much confusion of how to pronounce Dimitrescu I leave this link here: https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=en&text=dimitrescu&op=translate It's a Romanian name. Don't know if this is explicitly stated in the game, but they even use the Romanian currency Lei in-game.
traenkeopa
2021-05-07 23:00:28 +0000 UTC
