Easy Allies Podcast #192 - 12/13/19

Correction/Clarification: Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 were not Dark Alliance games, and predated them. Baldur's Gate were BioWare titles with BG 1 being released in 1998 for PC whereas Dark Alliance was developed by Snowblind studios in 2001 for consoles.

Don McKay

CORRECTION/Clarification: The character that’s in KDA & True Damage is Akali. She’s voiced by the leader of real world kpop group (G)I-DLE (simply pronounced “idle”). The KDA member Ahri (the nine tailed fox woman) is voiced by (G)I-DLE member Miyeon. In League lore Akali is the leader of True Damage, while Ahri is the leader of KDA.

Bells aka Caprica

Dear Kyle. I'm not angry that you didn't bring up the Resident Evil 3 Remake reveal during the State of Play. But I am a little disappointed. I would love to have heard you and the allies talk about both the spectacular trolling that was it being presented as the "campaign mode" for Resident Evil Resistance and how the game can look that great coming out a mere 14 months after REmake 2. I hope this story doesn't get lost in the holiday shuffle. Keep up the good work! Love & Respect / Konrad from Sweden

Cottelito

CORRECTION: it is a misconception that Syrian and Persian Nizari Ismailis consumed hashish. They were called "hashishi" in the sense of lower class rabble and irreligious social outcasts by other Muslim sects with whom they were feuding at the time. Once European crusaders invaded the Levant, their ignorance of Muslim culture and practices led to their adopting the term "assassin" (a variation of the Arabic 'hashishi') for the Nizari Ismaiilis. [source: cross referenced from the Wikipedia article, most of my info comes from the Google Books preview for "The Isma'ilis Their History and Doctrines"]

Liz Castro

Not confusing at all. The system is called Xbox and the model is series x. Just like the Xbox 360(name) Elite(model) and Xbox One(system) X(model)

David Sobiegraj

Xbox Series X feels like a very confusing choice for a name, let's hope it makes more sense as we go along. Sony needs someone to really compete with this time around, or else they're going to be even more complacent as the top platform and complacency leads to stagnation in terms of what they offer their customers. Hellblade 2 looked incredible, a good sign of Microsoft pumping money into the studios they acquired. Godfall looks like everything I hate about modern video games. A generic pastiche of sci-fi and fantasy that's clearly aiming to appeal to people who play Destiny, Anthem, and Warframe. Incredibly underwhelming, at least from a visual design standpoint. Ghost of Tsushima looks absolutely magnificent. I love that a developer can still wow us visually at the end of the generation even while we're starting to see what the next gen games can do. 2020 is going to be ridiculously stacked, I can't even imagine how anyone will be able to choose a GOTY next year.

I've never been happier to not see Jones. That means he went to the after party right!? :)

Henk Groenendijk

Haven't listened yet - Is this a bit from the pod this week? 'Cause that's obviously not true...

DashTwenty7

Thanks for answering my question about KH3 Allies! Just to clarify - you weren't on in the background during, but rather on the trip to where I did propose. But you are correct - she was lulled in to a false sense of security by, let's single him out, Kyle's tones. A playful jab, but also a big thank you to being such a large part of content we enjoy together. Love and respect!

Chaeotic

CORRECTION: The song Damiani thought was from Chuck is ACTUALLY by the All-American Rejects. In fact all of the songs Kyle uses in OR WARS are by the All-American Rejects.

Ooooh yeah, bad comparison with the Sonic Studio. They were just closed down I think... 😬

Seanie Dee