The Awkward Controllers video game podcast presented by The BizzleCast

What makes a great video game RPG, and which are the best ever? What the hell was IGN thinking hiring a plagiarist? Why are Jason Schreier and Alanah Pearce so freaking cool? We answer these questions and so much more on Episode 2 of The Awkward Controllers with Ethan Berlenbach & Austin Heng. Also, Final Fantasy. Oh, Final Fantasy….

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

Check out more of Austin:
Twitter: @mrxsoysauce
Twitch: @mr_soysauce

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*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
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*THANK YOU TO LINDSEY STIRLING AND THE OTHER COSPLAYERS I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAMES BUT YOU ARE FABULOUS*

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BizzleCast 180: The AWKWARD CONTROLLERS crew debates greatest RPGs, IGN screws the pooch & more!

It’s hard to believe, but in the early 90s, the Sega Genesis dominated Nintendo’s NES and even the SNES for a number of years based on pure guts, bravado, great salesmanship, and unbridled enthusiasm in marketing and branding.  However, Nintendo’s slower but steadier old-school and even conservative approach ultimately won out in spectacular fashion, which was nevertheless accelerated by the meddling and infighting within Sega of Japan. Ethan aka El_Fedorable and I have a wide-ranging discussion about the history of video games that takes CONSOLE WARS as its starting point and leads to a wider talk about our own history of gaming and what the future holds for Nintendo as well as more recent rivals Sony and Microsoft. I can’t recommend this book highly enough — and the audiobook is one of the best I’ve ever listened to — and the fact that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have optioned the book for a film should tell you how surprisingly gripping and epic this tale of two titans is.

More info about CONSOLE WARS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_Wars_(book)

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Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

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*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
*THANKS TO DODGER, RYAN COOGLER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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BizzleCast Book Club #2: CONSOLE WARS: Sega vs Nintendo in the 1990s feat. Ethan aka El_Fedorable

Why are people giving the giant lie that is “No Man’s Sky” another look? How did The Bizzle almost get run off the internet by defending Alanah Pearce? Why is every other horrible shooting in America in Florida? Is Microsoft doomed to always make terrible decisions? Are they really porting “Stellaris” to consoles??? And SOOOO much more in the video game world, featuring my boy Ethan aka El_Fedorable of The Awkward Controllers podcast!

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

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*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
*THANKS TO DODGER, RYAN COOGLER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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BizzleCast 185: No Man’s Sky, Alanah Pearce, Madden shooting, Xbox stupidity & more ft. El_Fedorable

How did the uber-popular Telltale Games collapse so spectacularly and so suddenly? The Awkward Controllers trio discussed this at length as well as EA’s predictably awful response to loot-box anti-gambling legislation in Belgium; Bizzle’s extreme excitement for LIFE IS STRANGE 2; Ethan’s excitement at the dramatic return of DESTINY 2; and the stupid fake outrage over Nintendo’s online services.

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

Check out more of Austin:
Twitter: @mrxsoysauce
Twitch: @mr_soysauce

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Twitter: @thebizzle81 

*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
*THANKS TO DODGER, RYAN COOGLER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 3: The epic, tragic collapse of Telltale Games

Topics include:
* Microsoft and Google: Already competing for streaming gaming services? What exactly are they streaming??
* Shadow Tomb Raider, Life is Strange, Spider-man: Which is the best of the bunch?
* Assassin’s Creed microtransactions: Another greed-filled disaster
* “Blood, Sweat, and Pixels” by Jason Schreier: Pillars of Eternity, Destiny/Bungie, Shovel Knight/Stardew Valley, Star Wars 1313, Uncharted 4
* Stellaris vs Civilization VI 

Check out El_Fedorable aka Ethan’s Twitch stream at: 
twitch.tv/El_Fedorable  

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Twitter: @thebizzle81 

*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
*THANKS TO DODGER, RYAN COOGLER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 195: ASSASSIN’S CREED steals our money, Xbox/Google streaming games ft. El_Fedorable

The Bizzle was TOTALLY right about PS5 being a ways off. Also, we lament the long death of great FPS single-player campaigns from Call of Duty to Hali. 

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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Twitter: @thebizzle81
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 04: RED DEAD 2, DIABLO-Gate, Sony finally opens up

Games: GOD OF WAR, RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2, DOOM, DESTINY, and much more featuring Ethan aka El_Fedorable!

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 5: Biz finishes THE WITCHER 3!! Plus, Games Awards & Masters of Doom!

The Awkward Controllers Ep. 6: TRIPLE AAAAAAAAA insanity, Activision crash, Biz reviews the Switch & more!

A video game podcast for the rest of us!
What does 2019 hold??

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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Twitter: @thebizzle81
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 6: TRIPLE AAAAAA insanity, Activision crash, Biz reviews the Switch

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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Twitter: @thebizzle81
Facebook: facebook.com/bizzlecast

*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 7: ANTHEM is the most predictable disaster of the year ft. El_Feodrable

Topics INCLUDE:
-Massive increase in gender/ethnic diversity on Twitch and the lingering legacy of Gamer Gate 
-Bryce Harper is a Phillie! And on the cover of THE SHOW!
-MAIN TOPIC: Why is Nintendo teaming with Microsoft and what will it look like? Major debate between Biz and Ethan on this one.
-Ethan still thinks Bizzle hates Nintendo (wrong, I constantly praise and defend them) and Microsoft (ok that’s kind of true)
-Bizzle can’t understand why Ethan refuses to play the classic Playstation single-player story classics, from UNCHARTED to THE LAST OF US to HORIZON

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 8: Biz finally plays DESTINY 2, Nintendo snuggles with Microsoft

Other topics include:
-Switch VR
-Bad response to Days Gone yeah?
-Division 2
-Labo VR 
-Apex hits 50m

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle:
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Twitter: @thebizzle81
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 9: What’s up with EA, DESTINY 2, APEX LEGENDS & more ft. El_Fedorable

An Awkward Controllers episode that’s so heady, it’s called a The BizzleCast. Also, Google is full of crap (again), and of course #TeamDanvers #TeamLarson

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle: 
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 217: Google’s latest harebrained scheme, PLUS more CAPTAIN MARVEL ft. El_Fedorable!

Do games owe gamers an easy mode in games like DARK SOULS, BLOODBORNE, and the latest From Software self-torture-fest SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE? Is the Hard-Mode-Only Master Race as bad as the PC Master Race? What does Getting Good really mean? Also, I still love you, Sam “Strippin” Thorne aka Dodger’s husband and baby daddy. You are indeed the Get-Good-Hard-Mode of all Twitch streamers. Thanks again for your Bizzling.

Bonus, Ethan aka El_Fedorable and I tease our major takedown of EA and other AAA companies that abuse their employees in the wake of the Jason Schreier Bioware Report (and subsequent NY Times op-ed calling for video game employees unionize). The Bizzle directly and repeatedly predicted pretty much all the big and small nonsense of this insanity two years ago on this very podcast, but it’s still very, very sad for these poor people who are just trying to help us have fun.

(And yes, I know it’s called NO MAN’S SKY and not OLD MAN’S SKY, but I’m an old man, so…. Double meanings??)  

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable 

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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 223: SEKIRO and the "Getting Good" Debate about super-hard video games

We continue, expand, and break down the predictable but still depressing and totally inexcusable failure of ANTHEM but especially the awful treatment of employees at Bioware. Ethan covers all the basis with The Bizzle adding some thoughts and big picture questions tossed in here and there. We end up talking about the many problems in the video game industry as a whole and agree with the man who broke this story, Jason Schreier of Kotaku, that employees need to unionize and start defending themselves quick, fast, and in a hurry.

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers Ep. 12: The BIOWARE disaster of ANTHEM

The BizzleCast 224: The ANTHEM Disaster: What the hell happened to BIOWARE??! Feat. El_Fedorable

The Awkward Controllers feat. El_Fedorable RETURNS! Nerdier than ever... bet you didn't think THAT was possible!!!

-SUPER NERDY COMPUTER BUILDS!
-SWITCH!
-Other stuff!

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

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The BizzleCast 234: PC Master Race vs. Moore's Law! Ft. El_Fedorable

The Awkward Controllers are back… and are FLABBERGASTED about the new announced partnership between ancient enemies Microsoft and Sony. We try and put the pieces together about what this means for, well, everyone.

OTHER TOPICS:
-Sony and Microsoft teaming up… against Google?
-Crunch at Projekt Red with CYBERPUNK 2077 development
-E3 -Switch in Japan
-Detective Pikachu
-Rage 2
-WOW Classic
-Destiny Season 7; other news
-Borderlands 3
-VR No Man’s Sky

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle: 
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*MUSIC BY THE LEGENDARY JOHN WILLIAMS*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 235: Sony & Microsoft join forces and Hell Hath Frozen Over???!? Feat. El_Fedorable

AGENDA:
0:00 Intro and PC modding 
10:30 CALL OF DUTY: Past, Present, and Future 
35:00 DAUNTLESS is an awesome Monster Hunter game!
1:04:00 Loot boxes and politicians: Good idea? Bad idea?
1:25:00 Marvel domination! Game Of Thrones overrated?? Pop culture goodness.

Check out Ethan’s stream at:
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The Awkward Controllers: Big Brother controlling Loot Boxes?? Plus Dauntless! Feat. El_Fedorable

The full Awkward Controllers dream team is back! With E3 coming up, we have a sh*t ton of topics, including the Bizzle’s theory that our robot overlords might be much closer than we think with Google, Microsoft, and Sony all working competitively on next-gen A.I. Also, Xbox Body Spray is a thing. Smelly gamers, beware.

Check out Ethan at:
Twitter: @el_fedorable
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

Check out Austin at:
Twitter: @mrxsoysauce
Twitch: twitch.tv/mr_soysauce

More from The Bizzle: 
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Twitter: @thebizzle81 
Facebook: facebook.com/bizzlecast 
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 239: Xbox Body Spray, VR Revolution, is Google Stadia for real? ft. Ethan & Austin!

Keanu Reeves and Jon Bernthal are now video game leading men superstars. And lots of other stuff high and low in the very complicated, very fluid video game and tech industry at E3 2019.

Check out Ethan at:
Twitter: @el_fedorable
Twitch: twitch.tv/el_fedorable

More from The Bizzle: 
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Twitter: @thebizzle81 
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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The BizzleCast 240: E3 Video Games 2019 Roundup Rodeo Recap Retrospective Rhapsody ft. El_Fedorable

After we discuss the brilliant but super creepy and haunting DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN, Austin and The Bizzle stay on A.I. video games to discuss the potential ups and downs of CYBERPUNK 2077. Then, on to GHOST RECON: BREAKPOINT and the amazingness of portable video gaming that seems to be the forthcoming Nintendo Switch Lite!!

Check out Austin at:
Twitter: @mrxsoysauce
Twitch: twitch.tv/mr_soysauce 

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Twitter: @thebizzle81
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*MUSIC BY ZEDD AND NINTENDO*
*THANKS TO DODGER, ALISON HAISLIP, ALEX ALBRECHT, and SAM “STRIPPIN” FOR THEIR BIZZLE-ING*

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