Constellation, Episode 77 | Indie Games, Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Downloadable Content, Gardening
Added 2024-06-24 16:00:11 +0000 UTCIt's time for more Constellation, Last Stand Media's conversational podcast. This week, I (Colin) am joined by Defining Duke's Lord Cognito, Summon Sign's Brad Ellis, and Lockmort's Edit's... Lockmort. We have a very nerdy episode in store for you. I start things off by talking about my love of plants, flowers, and gardening. My hobby has blossomed (pardon the pun) into a larger part of my life recently. Is anyone else nurturing a green thumb? Cog wants to dive into the realm of indie games, a widely-evolved subsection of the console and PC space that has grown far beyond its traditional definition. Do we partake in the scene? And just what is an indie game, anyway? Lockmort's intrigued by a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, in which we'd all be tasked to survive on our own. What would be our first moves following the outbreak? Would we rely on our humanity to stay alive, or potentially lose it along the way? Finally, we come to Brad, who waxes about downloadable content, or DLC. What was our first-ever encounter with digital add-ons? Do we purchase much DLC in our day-to-day gaming lives? What's the best expansion ever? All of that -- and more! -- on the other side of the play button.
Comments
I liked the geopolitical tidbit more this time around since there was a European perspective at the table as well.
Zorro
2024-07-07 17:04:41 +0000 UTCHmmmm.
Lockmort
2024-06-29 10:28:46 +0000 UTCNobody: Lockmort: Hmmhmmhmmmhmhmhmhmmm
Ryan
2024-06-28 13:39:14 +0000 UTCI thought Brad wanted to talk about D.O.C. like Noone Can Do it Better and for a millisecond I was HYPED
Francis
2024-06-28 05:29:29 +0000 UTCI agree that some of the topics are unfortunately wasted some weeks. I felt the same with the zombie apocalypse topic this week, it could've been so much better. Hopefully some of the topics get a mulligan.
Lou & Rei Loper
2024-06-27 14:48:29 +0000 UTCI have up on that one sadly, but MAN did I want to play that game!
Lou & Rei Loper
2024-06-27 14:46:23 +0000 UTCTrees really are wild. The oldest trees are thousands of years old and I just can’t believe it.
Cyprus Davis
2024-06-26 22:02:15 +0000 UTCLoved the random European politics derailment.
Anthony Palerino
2024-06-26 18:52:34 +0000 UTCMonolith Soft did DLC expansions so well with Xenoblade Chronicles series. Each expansion is essentially a stand alone mini JRPG (20 hours) that has a prequel or epilog story that complements the main story. The combat system is also simplified from the source game to better fit a shorter JRPG.
NinjaDC
2024-06-26 17:31:26 +0000 UTCMan speaking of quaint DLC, I always think back to COD: Black Ops 2 when they came out with camo packs as DLC, like $2 each or something like that. One of them being, iconically, “Bacon”. People were up in arms over that, crazy how far it’s come.
SnipaMasta
2024-06-26 11:22:03 +0000 UTClol at cog peddling indies like drugs
NeO JD
2024-06-26 01:11:34 +0000 UTCBrads point about the taxonomy of games is great. We really don't need the council of communists to decide "these iz the rules".
Andrew Christensen
2024-06-25 21:40:36 +0000 UTCWhere is The Last Night? Silent since E3 XBOX 2017
Francis Bustamante
2024-06-25 14:43:48 +0000 UTCIf you guys are into apocalyptic stories, if you haven’t read it yet I recommend Earth Abides. One of the first apocalypse books I think. Very good
Ignorant Primate
2024-06-25 14:24:16 +0000 UTCThat bass pro in Irvine would be absolutely ramshackled within 2 hours of an apocalypse.
Tanner Denso
2024-06-25 12:25:30 +0000 UTCyeah that really stunned me when Colin said that. I don’t know why but he really has it out for Animal Well 😅
Michael McCoy
2024-06-25 06:53:24 +0000 UTCJust listening to this episode after I spent the day walking through the Sequoia National Park. Some of the most amazing trees and scenery I've ever seen.
Paul Knickerbocker
2024-06-25 05:57:10 +0000 UTCThe Soviet Union is real
Have you considered considering considerations considerately considerate
2024-06-25 04:34:18 +0000 UTCTwo weeks in a row with great topics, fashion and gardening, but really nobody else on the panel to speak on them. Maybe redo them later with other members?
Micah Locke
2024-06-25 04:31:52 +0000 UTCCogs the best
Drew
2024-06-25 01:39:17 +0000 UTCDoesn't matter that it washes off quickly, dont deface such monuments. Bunch of attention seeking a-holes do things like that
Yiorgos
2024-06-25 01:19:03 +0000 UTCI disagree with Colin's definition of an indie game (to which, I dont even think is a true definition like he claims). Take Animal Well....that is 100% an Indie Game. One dude made it. Dunkey came in near the end and marketed and published it. Still Indie
Ryan Zimm
2024-06-25 00:33:42 +0000 UTCI am here once again telling you that you don’t understand the brilliance of Independence Day: Resurgence.
Colin Moriarty
2024-06-25 00:29:22 +0000 UTCThe paint they used on stone henge washes off with water quit your fucking crying, you know what’s older than stone henge? The planet we’re on. And yes there are groups funded by people in families rich off oil to make environmentalists look bad (not that some don’t do that on their own!)
Logan McDaniel
2024-06-24 20:38:18 +0000 UTCLoved the geopolitical discussion at the end of the zombie apocalypse topic. The idea that some people in the US think that Taiwan is actually the “real China” is so fucking funny to me lmao. They are literally just a island where the losers of a civil war went hiding and hold no true power compared to the real China. They truly are in a situation in which they are important regarding their technology but if China invades Taiwan there’s really nothing the US can do outside of giving them weapons like they are doing with Ukraine and because of how much more powerful China is compared to Taiwan if they were to invade them they definitely would end the invasion with an annexation.
Breno Bezerra Bluhm
2024-06-24 18:53:04 +0000 UTCEvery time I get bit by a mosquito I think of Colin saying this
Markeus
2024-06-24 16:21:27 +0000 UTCJust wanna say, if there ever is a zombie apocalypse and the military couldn't put it down relatively quickly, I'm offing myself. Not a survivalist, I'm just not gonna struggle to live in some hellscape.
Angel DeJesus
2024-06-24 16:06:23 +0000 UTCMore like first to flush the outside toilet
Noah Friscopp
2024-06-24 16:05:06 +0000 UTCFirst!
Mateusz Kuklinski
2024-06-24 16:00:28 +0000 UTC
