Brian is overwhelmed by Thwomps. Twitter, wrestling and Zelda make for a spicy and spirited debate. Rocky is playing that game with strategy and thirst. (Fire Emblem: Three Thirsts) Joycons are bad. Amit Raizada is bad. The Joker is good but Sigma is bad. No, not that Sigma. THESE ARE VIDEO GAMES.
Look, Brian's not in the office today. He literally threw his back out at a funeral. THAT HAPPENED. What you get is Rocky and Tegan talking Splatoon, Fortnite, FFXIV and those clowns at Hitrecord. And grab your finest fight stick, bar of soap and dread of a community that lacks accountability. It's time to talk EVO!
If this episode was a cat you would gaze upon it and say "Oh lawd, he comin'." Strap in for 3 hours and 44 minutes of content. YOU CAN LISTEN TO US AT THE GYM FOUR TIMES YOU NERDS. We got video games, we got anime, we got bad mobile games, we got G2A scum bag action, we got trademark infringement lawsuits and of course we got your "What came out on Steam today" We gonna keep your NOURISHED.
So apparently we didn't screw up last time as Dave Lang actually agreed to come back for our second annual check-in. We talk about ethical labor management in the game industry, unions, the possibility of an IG buyout, who Lang finds intimidating and for all of you hardcore Lang fans we also talk the wine fridge situation and you get the first sex in the Prius update in six months.
We watched Ready Player One. It is bad. We talk about it being bad. Like really bad. I was going to call the movie a crime against humanity. I, Brian, normally use this space to make jokes about the content of an episode and invite the listener to play along. It's fun. But I struggle to joke about something being a crime against humanity when there are people in cages on our border. So maybe listen to this garbage and then legit write your Congressperson about people in cages. It would be in service of human rights and Festival Hardbody would be proud of you.