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Vectormen Podcast

By Vectormen

Estd. 2020.
We review the games we’ve played, the gaming news we’ve read, and whatever weeb trashery comes to mind.
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The Négligée of Hope - VECTORMEN - Episode #18

Vectormen PodcastOct 27, 2020

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Incorrigible Garbage - VECTORMEN - Episode #59D

Incorrigible Garbage - VECTORMEN - Episode #59D

AKA “Do It Again, But Better,” “How He Seethes,” “Into The Nexus,” Rock and Stone, Etc, Etc…” “A Real Pride Month Humble Bundle Vibe,” “Load Up Your Spikes”

Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Sonic CD Japanese soundtrack excerpt by Naofumi Hataya and Masafumi Ogata // SEGA

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)


Segments:

 

(00:00) — Guess That Metacritic Score!

(02:25) — Game #1: SteamWorld Build

(06:53) — Game #2: The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

(10:16) — Game #3: Calico

(15:25) — Game #4: Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion

(18:29) — Game #5: Bluey The Videogame

(21:55) — Game #6: Persona 5 Tactica

(25:16) — Game #7: The Walking Dead Destinies

(28:15) — Game #8: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

(31:00) — Game #9: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III

(33:50) — Game #10: Teardown

(37:00) — Palmtree Panic / Zelda CD-i


Links


Bluey the Videogame review by Dave Ozzy

https://www.thexboxhub.com/bluey-the-videogame-review/

SteamWorld Build

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUGgYbxycko 

The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDehcsJNyl0 

Calico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJJAcrcOcRs 

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUv7BGUJ5gE 

Persona 5 Tactica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqAZqsAQ_UY 

The Walking Dead Destinies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TIsWc9f140 

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zmiw3Qxmg0 

Call of Duty Modern Warfare III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHDEDDrGYvo 

Teardown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqJEvia4mQ 

Link: Faces of Evil ending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imlyVV0yYKo 

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E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com

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Feb 05, 202438:19
The Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots of Visual Novels - VECTORMEN - Episode #59C

The Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots of Visual Novels - VECTORMEN - Episode #59C

Jan 28, 202438:55
Metal Gear for Straight People - VECTORMEN - Episode #59B
Jan 22, 202442:03
It Insists Upon Itself - VECTORMEN - Episode #59A
Dec 18, 202347:08
True Stalwarts of Critical Normalcy - VECTORMEN - Episode #58D
Dec 03, 202318:26
In The Family Way - VECTORMEN - Episode #58C
Nov 26, 202339:17
Perceivable Genius - VECTORMEN - Episode #58B

Perceivable Genius - VECTORMEN - Episode #58B

AKA: “The Clout,” “Back to the Past,” “Shocking Formulaic,” “Grapple with the Inevitability,” “A Bigger Kind of Zombie,” “You Get Away With It This Time, Hideki Kamiya!”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

 

  • 00:00:00 — That’s Lawrence with a W

  • 00:00:30 — Lawrence plays Resident Evil 2

    • 00:01:25 — A Brain Worm’s Vacation

    • 00:04:23 — Resident Evil 2 — What Is?

    • 00:08:21 — Does Resident Evil 2 have a canonical ending?

    • 00:11:37 — Remembering Lost Games of our Youth

    • 00:18:51 — Inventory and Speedrunning

    • 00:29:26 — Bang for your buck

  • 00:31:06 — Lawrence ranks the Resident Evil series (so far as he has played)

  • 00:33:53 — What next?


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Nov 19, 202335:15
Infinite Growth - VECTORMEN - Episode #58A

Infinite Growth - VECTORMEN - Episode #58A

AKA “The Enlightened Centrist, Geoff Keighley,” “What a Joke,” “It’s a Slasher Movie Except It’s Your Job,” “Some Vaguely Bill Clinton For Some Reason Related Bullshit”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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 Segments:

 

  • 00:00:00 — Insert Credit Podcast is better than this show but we didn’t start ripping it off until this recording

  • 00:02:00 — The News

    • 00:02:14 — The Unity Debacle; Keighley Responds in Fury

    • 00:09:14 — The Escapist / Ubisoft / PlayStation Studios / Bungie  / Epic Games / Embracer Firings

    • 00:23:34 — Geoff, You Need To Tase Someone to Death

    • 00:25:51 — Charles Martinet Conspiracy Hour

Links

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E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com

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Nov 13, 202332:14
As Good As It Looks - VECTORMEN - Episode #57C

As Good As It Looks - VECTORMEN - Episode #57C

AKA “A Slave to Popular Opinion,” “Superportalfinder,” “Whatever Art,” “Torn Apart by the Mob”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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 Segments:

 

  • 00:00:00 — Positions vs Opinions / Learning to Be Ok Not Playing Every Game

  • 00:10:14 — Lee say one thing that interested him about 9 games

    • 00:13:19 — The Last of Us Part II

    • 00:14:25 — Inscryption

    • 00:19:08 — Vampire Survivors

    • 00:21:37 — God of War Ragnarok

    • 00:22:50 — Yakuza Kiwami 2

    • 00:26:46 — The Legend of Dragoon

    • 00:29:44 — Superliminal

    • 00:32:58 — Gears of War

    • 00:37:37 — Death Stranding

  • 00:46:29 — Summary: Play games for fun

  • 00:52:33 — Burnout Smurnout

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Twitter: @VectormenPod

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Oct 07, 202357:30
A Terrifying Personality Death - VECTORMEN - Episode #57B

A Terrifying Personality Death - VECTORMEN - Episode #57B

AKA “FUMU,” “Bursting with Charm,” “Alarmingly Meek”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

 

  • 00:00:00 — Lawrence plays The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

    • 00:04:04 — Not the Wii U version

    • 00:06:25 — The Old Boys Club hated this Summer Game

    • 00:13:56 — An easy Zelda

    • 00:17:32 — The Problem with Rupees

    • 00:18:14 — The Triforce Shards (Balancing the Drudgery)

    • 00:22:22 — Nitpicking

    • 00:27:50 — The Story and Characters (Spoilers)

  • 00:37:48 — Playing Older Zeldas


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Sep 30, 202340:03
The Man Who Went Too Fast - VECTORMEN - Episode #57A
Sep 23, 202350:35
The Wax Philosophical Power Hour - VECTORMEN - Episode #56C
Aug 18, 202344:18
A E S T H E T I C - VECTORMEN - Episode #56B

A E S T H E T I C - VECTORMEN - Episode #56B

AKA “Darkier,” “The Nine Cardinals,” and “A Game of Boules”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

 

  • 00:00:00 — Summer/Winter Games

  • 00:01:42 — Lawrence plays Myst [realMyst Masterpiece Edition]

    • 00:05:59 — What is Myst?

    • 00:16:29 — realMyst’s excellent hint system

    • 00:25:29 — Myst: A Good Summer Game

  • 00:26:42 — Lawrence plays The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog


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Aug 17, 202334:07
Designed to Assassinate - VECTORMEN - Episode #56A
Aug 16, 202341:28
A Decent Pizzeria - VECTORMEN - Episode #55D
Jul 03, 202331:46
How To Not Enjoy Things - VECTORMEN - Episode #55C

How To Not Enjoy Things - VECTORMEN - Episode #55C

AKA “The Office-Like Manner,” “The King of This Incredibly Small Pond,” “A Lot of Rope,” “You’re An OctoDad”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

00:00:00 — The Office-Like Manner

  • 00:00:45 — Lee plays The Forgotten City
  • 00:01:16 — Creation Engine and Time Loops
  • 00:06:55 — The Golden Rule and stabbing fools
  • 00:11:58 — Doing Obsidian’s Bethesda, Faster
  • 00:13:30 — A Premise Big Enough to Do Better
  • 00:21:01 — When a game becomes a novel
  • 00:23:08 — Lawrence demands an example

00:34:08 — How To Not Enjoy Things

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Jun 27, 202334:22
Super Catharsis - VECTORMEN - Episode #55B

Super Catharsis - VECTORMEN - Episode #55B

AKA “The Worm Squirms,” “No Percolation Required,” “Down Falling From Up,” “Mid-Game Boss Material”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

00:00:00 — Lawrence finally beats Super Metroid

  • 00:01:16 — Well, still one of the best games ever made…
  • 00:03:45 — How to criticise Super Metroid
  • 00:08:26 — My favourite Nintendo franchise, probably

00:12:02 — Lawrence finally beats Sonic CD

  • 00:14:15 — What sets Sonic CD apart
  • 00:17:03 — The Time Travel Mechanics
  • 00:23:18 — Sonic CD’s impressive, bad, special stages
  • 00:26:20 — Bugs, CD issues, and music that f*cks
  • 00:31:14 — Sonic CD has a final boss?
  • 00:32:37 — Lee, It’s Such a Sadness
  • 00:33:18 — Bad Future

00:34:32 — No Game Gear



Links: Telephones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

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Twitter: @VectormenPod

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Jun 12, 202335:12
Knights of Capitalism - VECTORMEN - Episode #55A

Knights of Capitalism - VECTORMEN - Episode #55A

Jun 06, 202352:09
Glup Shitto - VECTORMEN - Episode #54

Glup Shitto - VECTORMEN - Episode #54

AKA “The Sacred GECK”; “The Oeuvre Obsidian”; “HUDrat”; “What is Star Wars?”, “Put The Vaginas Back in The Witcher”

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)

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Segments:

00:00:00 — Friends and the Dinner Tray

00:00:53 — Follow-Up (SabanMcMan; Christopher Nolan’s Ash Ketchum; Oops; John Carmack’s Predictable Telemeres)

00:05:46 — Lawrence plays Fallout 2

  • 00:05:46 — Patched, but is it better than Fallout 1?
  • 00:12:14 — The Total Restoration Mod
  • 00:16:06 — “Do you play the same guy, or…?”
  • 00:21:21 — Pleasing the worms
  • 00:23:13 — Maintaining spirit whilst playing a “crushingly dull” genre
  • 00:32:12 — What was it all for? // The Call of the Worm

00:39:42 — Lee lightly re-reviews Like a Dragon Ishin!

00:59:53 — Lee has some thoughts on ICO and its grabby hands

01:08:06 — “It is the foundation of our species, Lee — the grabby hand.”

01:11:58 — //BREAK// MAIL TIME

01:13:04 — Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales is all up in the HUD

01:15:19 — Lee’s Best Game of 2022

01:20:45 — Lee plays Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order

  • 01:21:47 — More Super Metroid than Dark Souls
  • 01:23:34 — Attempting to fix the upgrade tree problems
  • 01:28:24 — Avoiding the Metroidvania Lull
  • 01:35:15 — Shipping Star Wars characters whose sexual preferences might conflict
  • 01:39:31 — Excellent Boss Fights

01:42:15 — The News

  • 01:42:15 — Kotick’s embarrassing “Death Valley” speech
  • 01:51:08 — Olympic eSports
  • 01:57:51 — The Witcher 3: Wild Junk
  • 02:00:33 — Beyond Good and Evil 2 investigated
  • 02:01:47 — War Thunder Treason


Links:

Lee’s Like a Dragon Ishin review:

https://www.truetrophies.com/n22918/like-a-dragon-ishin-review

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E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com

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Mar 19, 202302:09:05
The Conflict of the Vampire Person - VECTORMEN - Episode #53

The Conflict of the Vampire Person - VECTORMEN - Episode #53

AKA No One Wants To Be A “Vampire Person”; Ham-to-Ham Combat; Eat Your Slop, Piggy; The Path of the Brain Worm; Dark Patterns

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen)

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Segments:

00:00:00 — Merry 2023 

00:00:38 — Follow-Up (Another two month absence; Robbed of Future Content; Explaining publisher confidence by way of game numbers)

00:05:08 — Lawrence plays Vampyr

  • 00:05:08 — Tenuous Question: What is the most 7 out of 10 game you’ve ever played?
  • 00:06:35 — Vampyr, not Vampire
  • 00:07:33 — Lawrence, the vampire guy
  • 00:09:39 — What is “the eurojank of vampire games”?
  • 00:15:59 — The golden rule of vampire fiction: the brood
  • 00:19:01 — Vampyr’s Reverse-Nemesis System
  • 00:28:03 — Combat and Classism in Eastern European Bloodborne
  • 00:36:13 — Permasaving the wrong decisions
  • 00:41:15 — The Double A Energy
  • 00:47:53 — The Influence of Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines (and summary)
  • 00:55:58 — Lee’s best 7/10 game: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion

01:06:34 — Lee’s genealogical tour of PlayStation rhythm games

  • 01:06:34 — Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory
  • 01:11:29 — PaRappa the Rapper
  • 01:16:00 — Vib-Ribbon 

01:22:54 — Lee is stuck in RPG hell: Persona 3, Witcher 3, Final Fantasy VI

  • 01:22:54 — The Witcher 3’s 60-hour-long first act and comparisons to Vampyr
  • 01:45:30 — Final Fantasy VI, problems with JRPGs, and how VI avoids some of them
  • 01:55:18 — Persona 3’s opening vitally lacks a personal hook

02:24:20 — The News

  • 02:25:00 — The Game Awards 2022
  • 02:30:15 — John Carmack leaves Meta
  • 02:32:38 — Square Enix’s Bold Commitment
  • 02:36:56 — Ubisoft’s Bold Commitment
  • 02:43:20 — Yuji Naka escapes Prison Island
  • 02:45:40 — Microsoft’s Bold Commitment
  • 02:47:40 — Epic Games’ “Dark Patterns”
  • 02:49:45 — Ash Ketchum hangs up his cap
  • 02:51:58 — The latest Pokémon Rap

Links:

Lee: “Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion review — cheap birthday cake”

https://www.truetrophies.com/n22455/crisis-core-final-fantasy-vii-reunion-review 

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Twitter: @VectormenPod

E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.com

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Jan 31, 202302:53:10
Gourdless - VECTORMEN - Episode #52

Gourdless - VECTORMEN - Episode #52

AKA Claims and Counterclaims; The Flappy Card Clock

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen)

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Segments:

 

00:00:00 — Without a Gourd 

00:00:24 — Follow-Up (Toblerone Pyramid Head; Zaum and the follow-up to the Mega Rich Light-Bending Guy tale)

00:09:21 — Lawrence plays Mother 3

  • 00:10:02 — What is Mother 3?
  • 00:14:37 — The ramshackle party of Mother 3
  • 00:16:24 — These spoilers aren’t spoilers
  • 00:17:22 — You have never asked whether Mother 3 plays differently from Earthbound
  • 00:21:51 — Mother 3’s esoteric music and Colin’s Bear
  • 00:25:58 — Mother 3 > Mother 2?
  • 00:33:02 — Mother’s Heart of Darkness

00:36:17 — Lee plays Sonic Frontiers

  • 00:37:09 — What is Sonic Frontiers?
  • 00:40:44 — The writing of Sonic Frontiers is Lee’s favourite part
  • 00:46:26 — Sonic Frontiers’ funniest scene
  • 00:48:10 — Sonic Frontiers’ most weirdly moving scene
  • 00:52:17 — The Maturation Slipstream and Lee’s blatant autism
  • 00:57:47 — The design, the Hedgehog Engine, and the stupid
  • 01:07:23 — Challenge is the problem
  • 01:12:34 — Sonic’s transitioned a long 3D from Pac-Man // Sonic’s Confidence

01:18:45 — The News

  • 01:20:08 — Yuji Naka’s Villain Era
  • 01:27:02 — The Mick Gordon thing
  • 01:33:42 — Sifu and guessing the TGA most frequent nominees

 

Links:

Colin’s Bear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc

 

Mick Gordon’s statement:

https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce

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Dec 15, 202201:46:52
Scarlet Triangle Man - VECTORMEN - Episode #51

Scarlet Triangle Man - VECTORMEN - Episode #51

AKA Hallowe’en Spooktacular 2022; Dead People Don’t Send Letters; Like a Snowball Down the Mountain; Obey My Rules

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen)

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Segments:

00:00:00 — Happy 51st! 

00:01:05 — Follow-Up (Bio-Mountain Class Issues; Godefroy and Goobles)

00:05:08 — Lawrence plays Silent Hill 2 (spoiler-free discussion)

  • 00:05:08 — What is Silent Hill 2?
  • 00:15:09 — How scary is Silent Hill 2?
  • 00:19:31 — The Forest Path
  • 00:21:33 — Do horror games only work on the curious?
  • 00:25:04 — “Pyramid Head is Overrated”
  • 00:33:11 — Silent Hill 2’s level design
  • 00:38:37 — Invisible ending metrics and the awareness of Team Silent
  • 00:45:41 — The franchise killer / don’t play SH2 HD
  • 00:49:06 — Troy Baker’s corporate bootlicking statement (AKA “Konami has no fault in this whatsoever”)

00:53:20 — Lee plays Earthbound

  • 00:53:20 — What is Earthbound / Lee also plays Earthbound Beginnings
  • 01:05:55 — Not knowing what to make of it
  • 01:19:00 — Percolating games / Earthbound justifies the JRPG format
  • 01:30:56 — Being a Kid: The Game

01:33:58 — The News

  • 01:33:58 — The Bayonetta 3 thing
  • 01:51:22 — Parasite (n)eve(r gonna happen)
  • 01:58:29 — The Witcher 1 is getting remade
  • 02:00:22 — Henry Cavill leaves the Witcher
  • 02:05:00 — RIP Miniclip
  • 02:06:50 — Silent Hill 2 Remake announced, plus other stuff

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Nov 13, 202202:20:28
Time Dread - VECTORMEN - Episode #50

Time Dread - VECTORMEN - Episode #50

AKA Under Immediate Effect of Choice; A Sick-Crazy Intergalactic Alarm Bell; [[BIG SHOT]]!! 

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen)

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Segments:

  • 00:00:00 — Time Start! 
  • 00:00:36 — Follow-Up (The Newest Format; RE: Netflix is not canon; Kabuki-Cho ni ikimasu; NoJoJo; Nobunaga’s Revenge’s Revenge)
  • 00:05:26 — Lawrence plays Policenauts
  • 00:33:29 — Elden Ring Cubbyhole #1
  • 01:00:38 — The News
  • 01:00:38 — Battle on Bio-Hazard Mountain
  • 01:02:51 — Hello, Gay Bowser
  • 01:03:44 — Farewell, Nintendo Switch tentacle porn 
  • 01:07:26 — Beyond Good and Evil Forever
  • 01:09:09 — See You in Disco Elysium, Disco Elysium
  • 01:16:37 — Out Now: Kevin Costner’s Waterworld
  • 01:18:27 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:22:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:23:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:24:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:25:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:26:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!
  • 01:27:13 — [[BIG SHOT]]!!

Notes:

https://macaw45.itch.io/kevin-costners-waterworld 

https://deltarune.com/sweepstakes/ 

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Oct 24, 202201:29:44
Pleasant Apocalypses - VECTORMEN - Episode #49

Pleasant Apocalypses - VECTORMEN - Episode #49

AKA "A Highly-Curated No-Script Bubble"; "Inspiration Fuel"; "Ammo in the Chamber"; "The Drama Horse"; "Crazy Toboggan Race To The Bottom"

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady

Listen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor and all good podcast providers (anchor.fm/vectormen)

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Segments:

 

00:00:00 — Japanese History

00:00:36 — Follow-Up (Flat Earth Holmes, Nier/11, Kabuki-cho; Swagger; Victor Mann; Probably the most wrong this show has ever been)

00:09:19 — Lawrence wraps up Nier Replicant 

00:11:47 — Lawrence doesn’t like the Netflix JoJo Binge

00:17:28 — Vectormen assess Indie Game: The Movie and Lawrence talks “inspiration fuel”

00:35:29 — Lee talks a few leftovers from his The Last of Us Part 1 review

00:50:04 — The News

00:50:12 — TEE-EARS/T-AIRS/Tears of the Kingdom

00:51:32 — Nixon Gamestop

00:51:50 — The Game (and other stuff) Awards 

00:54:21 — Weird / Baby-lon’s Fall / Resident Evil on Netflix was canon??

00:57:41 — Sakurai and Kojima are our new competitors

01:01:06 — Assassin’s Nioh, Rise of the Yakuza

01:06:25 — “Now These Shirts Can Be Yours”

 

Notes:

The Last of Us Part I review: https://www.truetrophies.com/n21779/the-last-of-us-part-1-review 

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Oct 08, 202201:08:02
Utopian Scholastic - VECTORMEN - Episode #48

Utopian Scholastic - VECTORMEN - Episode #48

AKA Dissonant Serenity; The Diluvian Amount; Doing Gay Crimes; Become as Gods; Destroy All Language.

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Segments:

  • 00:00:00 — Whoops
  • 00:00:36 — Follow-Up (Utopian Scholastic; KH2.9.1; Games delayed to 2023; Yakuza Dub actors; Team Asobi Team; Bad Japanese History Lesson)
  • 00:19:50 — Lawrence watches Arcane
  • 00:32:43 — Lawrence plays Nier Replicant
  • 01:19:17 — Lee, uhh, you know what… maybe we don’t have to…
  • 01:20:41 — Lee talks about Powerwash Simulator (The Perfect Partner Game // Narrative Restraint // Stresslaxing with Video Games)
  • 01:49:54 — The News
  • 01:49:54 — Lawrence must now play Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
  • 01:53:12 — EVO — The Great Rejoicing
  • 01:58:43 — VR Chat Implodes 
  • 02:00:27 — PS4 outsells Xbox 2:1
  • 02:10:24 — The Square Enix Embracer Fire Sale
  • 02:16:42 — Farewell, Roblox Oof
  • 02:20:07 — The Sibs 4
  • 02:22:04 — Dead by Daylight x Vectormen
  • 02:23:43 — Delete your accounts

Notes:

  • https://twitter.com/KaiserBeamz/status/1249028642212122627 (Artistic Schools of Thought Twitter thread)

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Sep 07, 202202:24:33
Consigned to the Ether - VECTORMEN - Episode #47

Consigned to the Ether - VECTORMEN - Episode #47

AKA “Anti-Spoiler Self-Gaslighting”; “Don’t Wash”; “A Lotta Kickin’, A Lotta Punchin’”; “To Escape You — Ape Style”; “Filled to the Brim with Bullshit”; “What Does That Get Me?”

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Segments:

00:00:00 — ばかみたい, ケージデビッド

00:00:31 — Follow-Up (KH0.2; Kefka’s number; A Madhouse; Singaporean bones)

00:03:54 — Tenuous Question: What games are you genuinely looking forward to in 2022?

  • 00:07:23 — Death Stranding Director’s Cut (505 Games / How Much Would Geoff Keighley Cost?)
  • 00:11:58 — Season
  • 00:14:19 — Stray (Self-Gaslighting; Death by Newbury Metal)
  • 00:18:36 — Firmament (How can Myst in VR fail?)
  • 00:22:40 — Card Shark (Lawrence the Francophile)
  • 00:26:14 — Pentiment (More Modes)
  • 00:29:40 — The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe (How Walking Sims Solved Themselves
  • 00:34:24 — Neon White (the Danganronpa 3 we never got)
  • 00:36:53 — Bayonetta 3 (allegedly; Lawrence’s standards)
  • 00:42:00 — Nightingale (Dropping the Guard; We Unhappy Few)
  • 00:46:42 — Thirsty Suitors
  • 00:49:05 — Inscryption (The Frog Fractions Request)
  • 00:51:38 — SCHIM (When the Ace Attorney ghosts bring the boobs)
  • 00:55:24 — Marvel’s Midnight Suns (Lee didn’t like XCOM 2)
  • 00:59:26 — Sonic Frontiers (Lee rants about recent 3D Sonic games design)

01:12:17 — Lawrence Quickies (The Northman cameo / Beastars S2 / Willy’s Wonderland / Assassin’s Creed Unity DLC)

01:31:43 — Lawrence plays Yakuza (US)

01:56:46 — Lee talks Ape Escape and the joy of rewiring your brain

02:16:21 — News: John “All the children in Springfield are little SOBs” Riccitiello

02:22:58 — News: Ubisoft, EA, and the inevitable repercussions of always-online games and the fledgling trials

02:33:12 — News: Man invests 30 grand just to ask Nintendo about F-ZERO

02:37:47 — News: Kirby goes Fall Guys

02:39:04 — News: PlatinumGames nabs a Nintendo man

02:48:44 — News: Lee’s last news story

02:49:19 — News: Lee and Lawrence play Guess This Game (Live)

We played Guessthe.game at that link. That’s a link back there. You just passed it.

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Aug 15, 202202:53:25
The Gex Mines - VECTORMEN - Episode #46

The Gex Mines - VECTORMEN - Episode #46

#Season2 #Vectormen #Digimon #KingdomHearts

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AKA After the Great Hiatus; Elon Musk’s Brain in a Jar; Secondaries; The First Naked Throughline; Mass Hallucination, NFT-HOG //

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Segments

00:00:00 — Vectormen Shippuden

00:01:11 — Follow-Up (After the Great Hiatus // Podcast Eternal // Arc End Fail) 

00:07:33 — Lawrence plays Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

00:35:50 — Lee plays Kingdom Hearts 3, the entire Kingdom Hearts series, and talks Big Games for Baby Brains 

01:16:45 — Lee gets a job as a games journo // The Steely Dan demographic // Vectormen’s first dead meme

01:21:23 — News: Persona 3/4/5 get ports to everything

01:28:03 — News: Zachtronics closes

01:31:00 — News: Yuji Naka Unleashed

01:33:55 — News: Guillemot’s Gambit

01:41:16 — News: Pitchford has a son

01:44:05 — News: Sonic Origins isn’t great

01:47:58 — News: Square Enix swerves into NFTs while Embracer sends Tomb Raider to the Gex Mines 

Notes

The really bad Embracer Media infographic: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-10-buying-tomb-raider-makes-embracer-one-to-watch-well-keep-watching-opinion

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Jul 13, 202201:56:09
Second-Hand Monsters - VECTORMEN - Episode #45

Second-Hand Monsters - VECTORMEN - Episode #45

AKA “A Giant Floating Head with Amazing Powers”; “The Clockdown”; “The Ignominious End”; “Just Don’t Do It”;  “The Dongle Within”

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Lawrence’s Birthday is 9/11

00:01:54 – Follow-Up (We played Spelunky/Scoundrels of Skullport; The Last Emote Standing from the MLK Event is VERY BAD; Lee is Mortal; Lee didn’t watch Jerma)

00:08:01 – Vectormen Live Plug (Spelunky 2, Pokémon Unite and Daemon x Machina)

00:23:36 – Lawrence plays Hand of Fate

00:45:11 – Prelude to Quitting Games Part 3: Talking the Gun out of Lawrence’s Mouth

00:51:26 – Lee quits playing The Witcher 2: Assassininins Of Kinginings

01:06:01 – Lee quits 2018’s God of War

01:26:10 – News: PlayStation Showcase 2021 was good!

01:33:34 – News: Sonic Colours Ultimate-ly Blinds Kids

01:36:30 – News: Apple v Epic comes to a surprising conclusion

01:42:08 – News: Activision Blizzard sued.. Again.

01:45:32 – News: Paradox Interactive are also, sadly, a bad company

01:52:48 – News: Evan Wells make that hand gesture that lets us all know that handling Crunch at his multi-million dollar studio is just a thing he’s not too fussed about figuring out

01:58:21 – News: Surprise! Nintendo had bluetooth capacity in those Switches all along

02:01:10 – News: Imagine being latched onto the PlayStation Network, where owning a game that runs on more than a single device does not count as a single purchase

02:03:58 – News: Vectormen out themselves as pro-China, which we hear is cool now

02:09:40 – OMG Does Naruto have a Twin!?!?

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Sep 18, 202102:11:16
Chaos Bingo - VECTORMEN - Episode #44

Chaos Bingo - VECTORMEN - Episode #44

AKA Close to the Cutting Edge;  Clint Beastwood; Default Dance to “I Have a Dream” ; Clumsy Faith; I Just Want My Kids Back

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Lavender Town

00:01:21 – Follow-Up (Episode’s out on time, Yakuza is 2020, Vectormen Live Plug: Talisman Edition)

00:11:10 – Lawrence watched Jerma live out the Sims

00:22:03 – Lawrence plays the original Fallout

01:01:31 – Lee talks Bloodborne Cubbyhole

01:20:17 – Lee plays MIND SCANNERS

02:06:03 – Lee talks Mini Motorways

02:20:42 – News: Activision Blizzard lawsuit expands for potentially destroying documents // Jesse McCree gets a name change

02:25:47 – News: Gamescom announcements, including new Blasphemous and more!

02:32:13 – News: Gamasutra rebrands to Game Developer

02:35:04 – News: Lee gives his top 3 recommendations from SAGE 2021 (Sonic Amateur Gaming Expo)

02:49:06 – News: Call of Duty Vanguard reignites the File Size Conspiracy

02:50:50  – News: Dead by Daylight loses Stranger Things content, probably because of Netflix’s new game streaming ambitions or something

02:55:42 - News: MLK JOINS THE BATTLE BUS

03:01:46 - News: Zombies no longer racist

03:03:16 - At Last, the Three Hour Podcast

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Aug 28, 202103:03:35
Capitalist Bubble Dream - VECTORMEN - Episode #43

Capitalist Bubble Dream - VECTORMEN - Episode #43

AKA Tease You Out

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Segments:

00:00:00 – A Thousand Eyes on Vectormen Podcast

00:02:34 – Follow-Up (Blasphemy, Birthdays and Cruise Ships)

00:09:56 – Lawrence wraps up on Blasphemous

00:11:53 – Lawrence plays the Digital Edition of classic board game, Talisman

00:43:05 – Lawrence watches Rock & Rule (AKA Ring of Power)

00:57:07 – Lee plays Early-Access Dorfromantik, explains why it is not actually chill

01:23:00 – Lee talks M Night Shyamalan’s OLD

01:34:02 – PRENEWS

01:35:21 – News: Sony finalises purchase of Crunchyroll: how it affects you and your anime needs

01:39:44 – News: Mortal Kombat animated movie reminds that Mortal Kombat had a real movie this year

01:41:14 – News: Movie Knuckles voice actor announced / Starlight Zone at the Olympics / Lee talks about the Olympics and complains about the BBC’s coverage, like he’s 55 or something and no he’s not cutting it

01:48:10 – News: Quantic Dream engage in WILD COLLAGE

01:50:40  – News: Annapurna Games showcase a bunch of cool new stuff

02:00:21 - News: Information about Skull and Bones troubled development comes out

02:04:17 - News: Activision Blizzard sued for a corporate structure that preys on and abuse women - 3 weeks of coverage catch-up

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Aug 12, 202102:32:37
Castles and Vanias - VECTORMEN - Episode #42

Castles and Vanias - VECTORMEN - Episode #42

AKA The Last Wave; Erotic Violence; From Hell’s Heart

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Live from the Heatwave

00:00:34 – Follow-Up (Skullgirls stands strong, the Apex hacker clarifications, Timesplitters and Free Radical Design updates, Lee starts a new website: lesserland.com)

00:11:27 – Lawrence wraps up on Hades

00:12:14 – Lawrence plays Blasphemous, reflects on Catholic guilt

00:42:14 – Lee, rather on theme, plays Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (also reflections on older  Castlevania games, Mega Man and Cyber Shadow)

01:20:21 – Lee also talks PS3’s Rain, its development, and speculates about its direction (alongside special industry insider guest)

01:51:36 – News: New Switch compels few while new Steam Deck entices

02:04:02 – News: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl coming out strong

02:07:16 – News: Gundam Evolution is just Overwatch with Gundam, which is cool, and we talk a bit about Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, Case Closed and Gundam memes off the back of that

02:16:46 – News: id Software’s Super Mario 3 now in a museum / Hideo Kojima prefers “Death Stranding: Director’s PLUS”

02:21:21 – News: Sega’s Judgement/Judgment trapped in some bizarro dispute with Tekuya Kimura’s old-world agency which threatens to end the series. We then just… riff on how old fashioned this agency must be.

02:32:04 – News: Ubisoft releases documents, admits to a potential brain drain due to the harassment in the top brass; also merges two studios which employes aren’t happy about; also, we talk about Assassin’s Creed Infinity, a game that fundamentally signals the end of what we liked about Assassin’s Creed

02:43:14  – News: Ending on a Bummer

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Links

https://kotaku.com/rain-would-probably-have-been-damn-hard-as-a-stealth-ac-986304261

^ Ikeda’s stealth game quote

https://www.dualshockers.com/director-of-sonys-rain-wants-to-make-an-action-game-next/

^ Ikeda wants a violent game next

https://kotaku.com/heres-what-megamans-creator-thinks-of-rain-1440566152

^ Keiji Inafune on Rain

https://kotaku.com/capcom-abandoned-mega-man-you-saved-him-1438292184

^ The very funny Mighty No. 9 article

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Jul 20, 202102:44:13
Sonic; Show Feet - VECTORMEN - Episode #41

Sonic; Show Feet - VECTORMEN - Episode #41

AKA My Benevolent Heel; Crabs in the Bucket; On the Persian Boats; Same Old, Same Old Mongol Horde

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Segments:

00:00:00 – God Bless Solitaire

00:00:34 – Follow-Up (Theories of Left 4 Dead, Not so Card Sharps, Never Trust Square Enix, PS5 is real)

00:10:32 – Lawrence Plays Stellaris for, like, 70 hours

00:38:37 – Lawrence, follower of Supergiant Games works, gives his belated take on Hades

00:59:42 – Lee plays PlayStation 3’s HALO KILLER, Haze

01:30:12 – Lee, a man with bad taste, bemoans much of the problems with Horizon: Zero Dawn

01:59:08 – News: Sony snaps up Housemarque

02:02:00 – News: Square Enix’s Marvel’s Avengers displays your IP Address online

02:02:55 – News: CyberConnect2 bringing Demon Slayer game to the West

02:06:10 – News: Sonic in Minecraft / Magic: Legends is DBA (Dead Before Arrival)

02:09:27 – News: You can still get PSP games in a roundabout way for a while

02:10:46 – News: Apex Legends hacked to warn Apex Legends not to get hacked. Also, mainly, Titanfall.

02:12:20  – News: Humble Bundle slightly less Humble

02:14:19 – News: Skyward Sword shuts up Fi

02:15:04 – News: Dead Space reportedly getting an unnecessary remake

02:18:48 – News: Smash Bros Ultimate next fighter to be last; Dante doesn’t make the cut

02:23:12 – News: Sonic the VTuber

02:28:19 – Back to Normal

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Jul 06, 202102:29:11
Gold Dust Crab - VECTORMEN - Episode #40
Jun 23, 202102:50:16
Burnout Central - VECTORMEN - Episode #39

Burnout Central - VECTORMEN - Episode #39

No way, Harry! There’s an incredible high net worth individual inside my container! That’s crazy, I can’t believe it, I’m going to send my best to look into that, Harry!

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Segments:

00:00:00 – It’s Time to Move On

00:01:00 – SCHEDULE CHANGES, LIVE RECORDINGS, BRIEF HIATUS AND MORE (Also: Dogecoin)

00:14:03 – Follow-Up (Hiram Lives / Qualifying One’s Love for Historical Racism) + Vectormen Live Plug (FEET)

00:18:00 – News: Humble Bundle reluctantly charitable once more

00:21:15 – News: Witcher 3 Director abandons ship

00:24:08  – News: APPLE VS EPIC - A Summary

00:48:00 – News: Other News Round-Up (PlayStation Shortage, Skull and Bones Delay, Sega remembers IPs, Sony sued for market restriction, Castlevania Season 4 out, Stadia is OK!, The Mako gets a good/bad toggle, Nintendo’s VERY GOOD YEAR, Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Announced)

00:55:31 – Lawrence checks back in with Assassin’s Creed Unity one last time

01:06:58 – The Disco Elysium SPOILERCAST

02:30:13 – Live, Flawed - See you in June!

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May 17, 202102:31:17
Kill the Dream - VECTORMEN - Episode #38

Kill the Dream - VECTORMEN - Episode #38

Are you some kind of history coward?? Because I for one LOVE historically accurate racism.

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Kanji’s Greeting / LE SPACE

00:02:16 – Follow-Up (Thanks Rogert / Epic Double Down / Google “Stadia” / Shadow the Hedgehog Design Theory / True Communards)

00:07:34 – Vectormen Live Plug (Too Disco)

00:09:57 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (THE END?)

00:17:48 – Lawrence and Lee continue their adventures into Disco Elysium

00:57:03 – “Lee’s Week”

00:57:23 – News: What a silly week PS3 and Vita had and will never have again

00:59:46 – News: IGN’s Humble Bundle caps charity donations at 15%

01:05:20 – News: Days Gone Creative Director has a good old fashioned meltdown and, fair enough, if this ever happens to us he gets to podcast about it too

01:14:15 – News: Bobby Kotick: Middleclassman and Your Future Lover

01:19:40 – News: Toys for Bob are now merely… Toys… for Bob.

01:23:02 – News: No one:   // Absolutely no one: // SEGA: BUY SOME SONIC NFTs

01:24:21 – News: KNUCKLES CONFIRMED

01:25:50 – News: Ace Attorney now the only acceptable racism

01:31:36 – News: Terry Crews says “Mother 3” // Another Funny Kotaku Headline // what was that about acceptable racism?

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Gamasutra on Bobby Kotick’s wage cut: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/380658/Activision_Blizzard_CEO_Bobby_Kotick_reduces_salary_by_50_to_875K.php

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May 05, 202101:38:36
The Euphemism Treadmill - VECTORMEN - Episode #37

The Euphemism Treadmill - VECTORMEN - Episode #37

Apr 18, 202102:03:39
Doing Bonkersville - VECTORMEN - Episode #36

Doing Bonkersville - VECTORMEN - Episode #36

We’ve got Tendrils in Many Pies

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Be The Danny

00:00:59 – Like Zelda, But Not

00:04:23 – Vectormen Live Plug / LeePaulBrady Plug (Armello, Among Us Airship, Landmaker)

00:13:35 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Approaching the End)

00:16:31 – Lawrence Plays Disco Elysium: Director’s Cut

00:33:19 – Lee Plays Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

00:52:54 – News:Stonks is Dead and Fortnite Killed It

00:55:36 – News: RIP Mario / Nintendo eShop

00:58:12 – News: RIP Sony / PlayStation Store

01:02:41 – News: SGDQ still on for July, thank god

01:04:21 – News: Good / Bad April Fools

01:07:31 – News: Microsoft makes 3 Bethesdas in Hololens (thanks Kotaku)

01:12:04 – News: New Rocket League Game is just Slime Soccer

01:14:17 – Good Job

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Apr 04, 202101:14:42
Megs With Legs - VECTORMEN - Episode #35

Megs With Legs - VECTORMEN - Episode #35

[NEW EPISODES EVERY SECOND WEEK FROM HERE ON // 2 PLAYER STREAMS EVERY OTHER WEEK ON TWITCH.TV/VECTORMENLIVE]

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Everyone’s a Whale in the Great Corona Sea

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Welcome to W-Hop, Can We Take Your Money

00:00:58 – Follow Up: Adults talk about Roblox

00:02:14 – Follow Up: Mordhau Do You Mean / Can We Take Your Money (Reprise)

00:04:30 – Follow Up: The Two Genders: Arin and Danny

00:07:58 – Follow Up: Openly Talking About Gaming Viewership - For Your Amusement

00:25:42 – The Vectormen Live Plug ft. Armello and THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS IN THE SHOW

00:32:02 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Cowboy Skulls are Cool)

00:37:56 – Lawrence Gits Gud(der) at Spelunky

00:47:55 – Tenuous Topic: “Retro Games are Hilarious”

01:10:00 – News: Final Fantasy VII  Ever Crisis gets Loot Boxes

01:11:35 – News: Vectormen gets NFTs

01:13:41 – News: Activision Blizzard and Bobby Kotick are bad: 2021 Ultimate Collector’s Edition

01:15:19 – News: EH-Gate

01:17:33 – News: Your Dad’s Wet Dreams, Now Playable In Fortnite

01:22:29 – News: Square Enix got nothing

01:23:49 – News: EVO emaciated corpse, revived

01:28:35 – News: Square Enix got nothing

01:29:29 – Doing it for the Laughs

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Mar 21, 202101:29:30
Ripe for the Exploitation - VECTORMEN - Episode #34

Ripe for the Exploitation - VECTORMEN - Episode #34

AKA The Rube’s Thumbs-Up; AKA Nose to the Grindstone; AKA More Creepy than Jubilant; AKA Of Nails in Coffins

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Beyond the Brief Hiatus (Crunchy Lee)

00:05:36 – Three-Week Old Follow-Up

00:10:21 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Lawrence Grows a Robot)

00:24:07 – Lawrence’s Adventures in Roguelites

00:34:10 – Lee Talks Bloodborne Cubbyhole #2

01:02:56 – Three Week Old News Begins / RIP Daft Punk / PS5VR

01:07:10 – News: Game Stocks Cubbyhole (Gamestop vs Roblox)

01:10:44 – News: Pokemon Direct (Sinnoh Remakes, 3D Pokemon announced)

01:19:38 – News?: Ratchet and Clank was free on PS4 for a while

01:25:21 – News: Space Jam 2 isn’t as hot as fans demanded

01:28:42 – News: Mediatonic swallowed whole by Epic Games / Class-Action Lawsuits??

01:33:19 – News: Anthem inevitably dies

01:36:15 – News: Avengers begs to die

01:39:54 – News: Final Fantasy VII True Remake is a chibi, mobile phone port job nightmare

01:46:07 – News: Arc Systems Work Championing Rollback Netcode!??!

Links:

Slightly dodgy site but here’s a picture of Verizon Presents: The Avengers: https://www.phonearena.com/news/Verizon-Fios-customers-free-Marvels-Avengers-gams_id127046

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Mar 14, 202101:50:47
The Maw Awaits - VECTORMEN - Episode #33

The Maw Awaits - VECTORMEN - Episode #33

Martin Scorcese is My Favourite Content Provider

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co)

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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure courtesy of David Production / Shueisha

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Segments:

00:00:00 – An Optic Blast for your Earholes

00:00:37 – Follow-Up (Joke Credits, Hidden Variable Exist, Gamespotstoptptptpt)

00:02:44 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Training AI, 3D Modelling and Feedback)

00:12:19 – Lawrence watches Batman: Gotham Knight

00:26:11 – Lee introduces 5 short topics for Grabbag Content (Cubbyhole S2-44)

00:28:43 – Topic 1: Anime - Demon Slayer / Super Eyepatch Wolf / FLCL / Funimation / Attack on Titan

00:36:49 – Topic 2: Hip Hop - A Tribe Called Quest / Weird Al / Space Ghost: Coast to Coast

00:40:46 – Topic 3: Lee restarts his old personal Twitch, twitch.tv/leepaulbrady / Alt-Right Lawrence / Japanese Lessons / Tarot Readings

00:48:44 – Topic 4: Bloodborne Cubbyhole

00:58:09 – Topic 5: God of War (PS4)

01:09:15 – News: 6 Days in Fallujah is an apolitical modern war romp, says idiot/marketing genius

01:18:20 – News: Activision Blizzard, EA and TakeTwo now part-owned by your friends and mine, the Crown Prince Mohammid bin Salman

01:19:33 – News Round-Up (Shovel Knight in For Honor, Mortal Kombat film trailer is pretty good!, Minit gets a charity sequel, Kingdom Hearts 2 years from a Steam release

01:24:48 – News: Blizzconline 2021 (WoW, Diablo, Overwatch 2, Metallica and Twitch)

01:35:42 – News: Nintendo Direct 2021 announcements

01:28:03 – I Like Your Words, Magic Man

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Feb 21, 202101:48:32
Climax Heat Action - VECTORMEN - Episode #32

Climax Heat Action - VECTORMEN - Episode #32

Kicking and screaming into the myre in SKIN. TIGHT. SPACE SUITS.

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The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox

The Punk Song courtesy of Jim Sterling

The Wii Shop Channel Song courtesy of Nirvanna the Band

The Actual Wii Shop Channel Song courtesy of Nintendo

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Lisa, Don’t You Ruin Another Love Day

00:01:11 – Follow-Up (Skullgirls Live, Herzog’s Vampyre, Nu-Metal vs Death Metal, Herman Hermann, Hot Tweets in Show Notes, Lovely Lovely Love)

00:10:55 – A Quick Game Dev Cubbyhole

00:15:40 – Lawrence plays Offspring Fling

00:20:30 – Lawrence watches Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust

00:29:24 – Lee finishes Yakuza Kiwami

00:41:00 – Tenuous Question: What’s Your Stance on Hard Mode?

00:52:53 – Wild Speculation: Jason Momoa as Knuckles!?!

00:54:49 – Wild Speculation: EA to meet to discuss fate of Anthem!?!

00:58:20 – News: Mass Effect Legendary Collection has altered guts, butts

01:06:32 – Wild Speculation “Cubbyhole”: Ace Attorney JAPAN coming West

01:10:27 – News: CDPR Hacked

01:14:36 – Welcome to Nirvanna

Links:

https://twitter.com/VectormenPod/status/1358789914205257732?s=20

^ HOT TWEETS

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yvKt_oX9rHVbDa05IBoRgXWEvR74CLWZ/view?usp=sharing

^ Lovely Loving Love

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Feb 14, 202101:17:31
Koopas All the Way Down - VECTORMEN - Episode #31

Koopas All the Way Down - VECTORMEN - Episode #31

AKA Look Busy on Your Dream; AKA Baby Shoes for Sale (Never Worn)

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co)

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The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Sayonara, Podcast Quality

00:00:56 – Follow-Up (Remember Me is the European God Hand, Stonks Cubbyhole, Sonic VA Cubbyhole)

00:06:47 – A Quick Game Dev Cubbyhole

00:10:49 – Lawrence watches Vampire Hunter D, AKA The Big D

00:30:31 – Lee plays Final Fantasy VII (Part One: Looks, Hooks and Books) (+ Tenuous Question: Dealing with Spoiled Media)

01:00:21 – News: Destruction All-Stars a bubbling cesspool; The Death of Alt-Right Lawrence

01:03:13 – News: Google Stadia makes predictable swan dive into obscurity / Amazon Game Studios not looking too great either

01:09:21 – News: WB Games, scumbags, patent the Nemesis system

01:12:31 – News: Bayonetta 3’s pot refuses to boil due to many watching eyes / POP Remake pushed into the void

01:16:24 – News: Sonic Prime / Sonic HD Ports rumoured

01:21:01 – News: Nintendo joins the 21st Century in terms of Network Architecture

01:23:45 – 9’6”

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/feb/03/amazon-google-and-why-you-cant-just-invent-a-blockbusting-games-developer

^ Amazon and Google are not good at games

https://killedbygoogle.com/

^ Killed by Google

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Feb 07, 202101:24:34
You Got Greedy, Martin - VECTORMEN - Episode #30

You Got Greedy, Martin - VECTORMEN - Episode #30

AKA Twitch Plays Capitalism

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The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox

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Segments:

00:00:00 – You Got Greedy, Martin

00:00:31 – Follow-Up (Lawrence A-Jason, MAGFest Liberated, Lee’s Unassailable Design Document)

00:04:14 – Game Dev Cubbyhole (Paring Down the Suits; Baby’s First Program)

00:16:09 – Lawrence watches Lupin III - Part One

00:28:33 – Lee watches Danganronpa: The Animation and Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope’s Peak High School

00:51:31 – Lee tries out the demo for Balan WonderWorld

00:59:40 – News: Roger Craig Smith retires from voicing Sonic the Hedgehog

01:05:55 – News: Dontnod now owned by your friends and mine, the People’s Republic of China

01:06:19 – News: Bleeding Edg *

01:10:10 – News: Konami reshuffles something something WHO CARES

01:10:22 – News: Stockholders Cubbyhole: The Great Gamestop Dogpile / Pre-Market Crash of 2021- An Epic in Two Parts

Links:

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Feb 01, 202101:32:33
Neat. - VECTORMEN - Episode #29

Neat. - VECTORMEN - Episode #29

They Could, So They Did.

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Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co)

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Scottish Accent Robot courtesy of Text 2 Speech.org (https://www.text2speech.org/)

The Simpsons courtesy of Disney / 20th Century Fox

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Segments:

00:00:00 – The Coolest Episode Yet

00:01:01 – Follow-Up (The Bravest Men on the Projekt)

00:04:07 – Tenuous Question Follow-Up: At What Point Do You Consider Busting Out the Guide? (+ Cheating in Games)

00:08:56 – Stealth Tenuous Question: What Collectathon made you bail the hardest?

00:16:05 – Lawrence talks programming cards in Game Dev Cubbyhole

00:25:42 – Lawrence watches The Secret of Kells

00:37:40 – Lee Plays Raji: An Ancient Epic

00:53:47 – Lee Plays the first Final Fantasy

01:17:41 – News: Klei Entertainment now owned by our good friends and yours, the People’s Republic of China

01:20:00 – News: Vicarious Visions folds into the larger Activision/Blizzard hiveflesh

01:22:33 – News: The Xbox Live Gold Price Fiasco

01:27:47 – News: Resident Evil Village Showcase

01:34:46 – News: Cyberpunk 1066 SuperBug / Lee Bows Out / Rodney / Neat

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Jan 25, 202101:38:43
A Drop of the Ball - VECTORMEN - Episode #28

A Drop of the Ball - VECTORMEN - Episode #28

AKA A Golden F**king Well-Oiled Machine

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

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“OKAY” bt 13ounce; please support the original artist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkrpMJP4E-8&ab_channel=AudioLibrary%E2%80%94Musicforcontentcreators

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Fools

00:01:05 – Follow-Up (Slunky,  Ubisoft’s The Undivisioned, Dutch Christians)

00:05:36 – Tenuous Question: At What Point Do You Consider Busting Out the Guide?

00:15:37 – Lawrence begins ‘Game Dev Cubbyhole’

00:26:34 – Lee: “Danganronpa 2 is the Metal Gear Solid 2 of Visual Novels.”

00:45:05 – Lee watches Assassination Classroom

00:52:53 – News: Get Hype for the Disinterred Corpse of LucasArts

00:56:23 – News: MachineGames helm new Indiana Jones game

00:58:52 – News: NEver, Jane

01:02:41 – News: Cra-zy Man Jo sef Fares is at it again!

01:04:26 – News: Magfest Board Resign / Capcom Cup Fears The Thing

01:07:15 – News: CDPR “Vewy Sowwy”, unless you’re their QA department

01:13:39 – Lee plays Frogger in Toy Town

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Jan 18, 202101:20:29
The Cognitive Dissonance Power Hour - VECTORMEN - Episode #27
Jan 11, 202101:16:43
Wow!! Cool Future!! - VECTORMEN - Episode #26

Wow!! Cool Future!! - VECTORMEN - Episode #26

Dec 28, 202001:46:04
The Consuming Madness - VECTORMEN - Episode #25

The Consuming Madness - VECTORMEN - Episode #25

From the earliest jerk, we ride Across the finish line of life with our callused nub of a dick, bracing through the BA to reach the PA and true Ludonarrative Resonance.

Merry Christmas from your pals at Vectormen Podcast!

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Vectormen Podcast Christmas Special 2020

00:01:05 – Follow-Up (Fire Emblem 1990, Cecil, Oasis in Water, Big Chris Speaks, Year End Games Update)

00:04:47 – Tenuous Question: Death Statistics

00:18:24 – Lawrence plays Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

00:34:59 – Lee hits the wall of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

00:43:05 – Lee completes The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

01:30:29 – News: Nintendo Indie World round-up

01:34:32 – News: Condolences to Codemasters / Fantasy World Dizzy Re-Make

01:36:21 – News: CD:PR // 6 Ways to Recklessly Cash Chits (Devotion Pull, PlayStation Refund Debacle, Hoodwinking Sony, Programmer Mutiny, Billion Stock Plummet & The Class Action Lawsuit)

01:46:24 - News: Monster Hunter Movie loses its target audience

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Dec 22, 202001:49:33
An Escalation of Cringe - VECTORMEN - Episode #24

An Escalation of Cringe - VECTORMEN - Episode #24

Wooper AKA Nomura’s Wank Material

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Hosted by Lee Brady (@leepaulbrady) and Lawrence (@BPR_Lawrence)

Music by Lee Brady, created using Beepbox (beepbox.co)

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Segments:

00:00:00 – Wooper’s Song

00:00:28 – Follow-Up (Oscars Penitence, Porn Pivots, Unpleasant Sounds and 102 Games of 2020 - a revision)

00:04:16 – Lawrence finishes Miles Edgeworth Investigations; plays Princess Remedy and Familiars

00:19:24 – Lee plays Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (plus conversations on Nintendo’s awful practices, JRPGs and Dark Souls Easy Mode)

00:46:22 – News: Talking The Game Awards

01:13:31 – News: Cyberpunk 1066 has a bad week / CDPR must change their no good ways

01:22:50 – News: A Quick Trio of Delays

01:23:21 – News: Nintendo Suck

01:29:11 – Wooper Wipeout

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Dec 14, 202001:29:50
An Empire on Brain Worms - VECTORMEN - Episode #23

An Empire on Brain Worms - VECTORMEN - Episode #23

“Incels are the Hollows of Real Life,” - Lawrence, Vectormen Podcast, 2020.

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Segments:

00:00:00 – The Dark Souls / Tim Rogers Episode

00:00:41 – The Narutard Accusation: A Conclusion

00:04:22 – Persona 5 Scramble Goes West / VGA Chat

00:09:10 – Homework: Lee watches Tim Rogers’ / Action Button’s review of DOOM

00:15:12 – Tenuous Question: “Have you ever been a gaming poser?”

00:43:02 – Lawrence plays Stories Untold

00:50:14 – Dark Souls Cubbyhole concludes for 2020

01:38:17 – News: Your Dad, Kratos, is in Fortnite

01:39:38 – News: Metal Gear Solid film threatens to be real / MGS inspires MH

01:42:09 – News: Naughty Dog Directed by Neil Druckmann

01:43:15 – News: Twitch removes Blind Playthrough tag

01:44:49 – News: Dungeons and Destiny

01:48:37 – News: Nintendo Suck

01:50:51 – 102 Games of the Year, Ranked - a proposal

Links:

https://kotaku.com/persona-5-strikers-comes-west-on-february-23-with-a-su-1845807825 Persona 5 Strikers news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38zduHkwGcc&t=4312s&ab_channel=ActionButton Action Button’s Doom review

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qt-5Z6rxlbKBv0I3mNASfKRB_ttVSGB3 Dungeons & Destiny

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Dec 07, 202001:58:18