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[WRITE-IN] Firelink Episode #57
Added 2025-03-06 17:15:29 +0000 UTCIt's going to be a pretty laid-back week on Firelink this week, so we're going to spend a lot of time answering your questions and comments on tonight's episode!
Send in your thoughts, questions, or topics you'd be interested in us discussing! We won't have time to read and discuss everything, and please keep posts topical, safe for work and not huge walls of text.
Submissions close at 6 PM CT on Thursday, March 6th.
Comments
The mention in last podcast about possibly doing a series covering videogame failures I wanted to suggest a little pointy look towards a content creator who's been building a respectable portfolio of vids sometimes with inside sources too: Matt McMuscles and his 'What Happun' series, I reckon would be a good team up even if only for a one-off. Latest video for an example is Jet Force Gemini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o67qqTwYHHs ------+------- Unless there's some controversy am unaware of, shouldn't be any issues, haven't seen anyone vocalise negative opinions about it yet š¤š¤šš©āš¬š„
Overzealous Euthanasiast
2025-03-08 19:25:52 +0000 UTCAny tips for locking into a game when you find yourself bouncing around a bunch? I'm worried I'm playing four games and won't finish any of them.
Steady Goblin Wood
2025-03-07 01:57:46 +0000 UTCI imagine Jack is the answer here. He is very much against emulation and piracy (which is an opinion that, in my view, comes from a place of privilege) and he constantly boasts of all the doodads he has to get his old hardware running on newer displays and sound systems.
jombilywobbily
2025-03-06 23:43:08 +0000 UTCBrazil has invested quite heavily in the tech sector, funnily enough, which includes games. At last year's Latin whatever fest during the summer, the ratio of Latino-made games was in favor of both Brazil and Argentina. And not mobile crap, real games. I imagine it takes only one of them to take off and I can imagine that in the near future.
jombilywobbily
2025-03-06 23:40:18 +0000 UTCI just want the following: a pickleball update, including the type of paddle Nick uses, and if Nick (again) has seen Rob Roy and why not? It's on Amazon Prime for free right now and it's right up his alley. Marty, back me up, man. I'm doing my homework, teach.
jombilywobbily
2025-03-06 23:37:24 +0000 UTCI played It Takes Two with my daughter and she always wanted to be May (cause May is a girl) so I've never played any of the May content in that game. I'm pretty excited for Split Fiction since I'm pretty sure I'll be able to talk her into swapping characters to try new play styles. Who is your Second Wind pick for Split Fiction co-op?
Mrjaco12
2025-03-06 23:20:24 +0000 UTCI think Undertale would be a good way to teach kindness/pro-social ethics.
TooManySpreadsheets
2025-03-06 23:09:22 +0000 UTCEvening all, hope your days were good! Given that all humans learn through play/ games do you think video games could or should have a bigger role in adult learning (not necessarily academic learning or gamified mobile learning)? What would you want to teach a person or group through a game?
Blackmage
2025-03-06 22:18:16 +0000 UTCDo we get a pickleball update? Also, would you be willing to talk a little more about the publishing consulting arm you're introducing through second wind? I do understand if you want to keep that stuff off the main channel, though, so no worries.
Bookworm776
2025-03-06 22:04:57 +0000 UTCHey guys! Given the success of books / films being adapted into games: Witcher, Lies of P, Doom map 'MyHouse.wad'. Is there any book or film you guys would like to see adapted into a video game that would really fit the medium? If so, what genre or studio would make it? I'd love an open-world game based on 'Naussica: Valley of the Wind' Balancing human war with the toxic jungle.
Blistered Soul
2025-03-06 21:14:44 +0000 UTCAre there any countries that we should pay attention to for new games? Kingdom come deliverance from the Czech Republic was a surprise. Do you think we'll see games from the Middle East or Africa soon?
Jeffrey
2025-03-06 21:06:19 +0000 UTCWhat is the jewel in the crown of your respective collections? Also Marty have you stopped buying Dreamcast games?
LookItsAnEric
2025-03-06 20:42:32 +0000 UTCI do a mixture as some games are either too expensive to obtain, fiddly to get running or beat without save states, or simply only fan translated as they never saw western releases.
Inverse Skies
2025-03-06 20:19:29 +0000 UTCIām curious if anyone on the team still uses original retro hardware (ie from the 16 bit or n64 era) or if it has all been replaced with emulation.
Inverse Skies
2025-03-06 20:19:03 +0000 UTCI love the experimental stuff you've been doing on the Patreon. Do you see those as just fun breaks from the usual, or do you consider them pilots for future projects/spinoffs/new directions? Keep up the great work!
Antiphar
2025-03-06 19:05:09 +0000 UTCIf you guys could each pick a series/franchise/IP/whatever to either revive from the dead with a new sequel or drastically change the direction for because it's gone off the deep end, what would you want to see?
plz help
2025-03-06 18:50:28 +0000 UTCHave Marty use his pub trivia hosting skills to quiz the chat on some Vidya game trivia
Ryan Betts
2025-03-06 18:16:50 +0000 UTCSome ideas: -quick rundown of what Lost & Found is -update on industry layoffs in Q1 vs. 2024 -Marty convincing Nick to play Portal 2 -update to your video game fantasy draft -diacuss what a Second Wind game award show or Game Jam would look like -RAT BEEF
Ryan Betts
2025-03-06 18:02:41 +0000 UTCIs there any game that you liked but spent so much time on in that you dread the sequel? i spent 200 hours in base MH worlds (no iceborne), skipped rise, played the wilds demo and I still felt like it was asking too much of me to do it all over again.
Lugaliguori
2025-03-06 17:54:28 +0000 UTCI want to know what y'all liked from Next Fest! (Thank you Nick for your picks in Unpacked) It was a busy work week for me and I didn't get to try many demos. I feel like Ruffy and the Riverside is a very Marty kind of game.
TooManySpreadsheets
2025-03-06 17:46:39 +0000 UTCWould video games still be a part of your life if you didn't have jobs in the video game industry? I asked Yahtzee this on the Fully Ramblomatic Blu-ray Patreon Q&A so was curious what ya'll say
Lil' Cass
2025-03-06 17:46:37 +0000 UTCEA released the source code for several Command & Conquer Games, unlocked Steam MOD support, and basically handed control to the very passionate community. I know RTS is a blind spot for SW, but Nick has some familiarity with Generals & Zero Hour. Thoughts? And did anyone (though most likely Nick) play the demo for Tempest Rising?
Steven Simzak
2025-03-06 17:46:19 +0000 UTCJust watched the Animal Well doc and it helped me think of a question for Nick. If you could go back in time and do a doc on any game with no restrictions on who is interviewed and what they're willing to disclose, what game would you make a doc of?
Pixel Grip
2025-03-06 17:20:12 +0000 UTCWhat's the upgrade you think got the biggest "glow-up" throughout a series? As in it started bad when it was introduced, but became better or more interesting in later entries.
Rob Paul
2025-03-06 17:20:06 +0000 UTC
