Conrad Zimmerman joins the crew this week to talk about E3 and how it destroys everybody's hopes and dreams. We reminisce about E3s past - more specifically, that time Destructoid operated out of the notorious Black Widow Motel. 

Elsewhere, we chat about Hyrule Warriors coming to 3DS, Dark Souls 3, and Gavin goes for a piss when we bring up amiibo again. 

Also, one of us is very sick this week. They do an admirable job and deserve applause. Lots of applause. 

Podquisition Episode 29: Black Widow Motel

https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/353561458098966529?lang=en



The F Word

http://tinyurl.com/thirtyfps - Follow The Framerate Police curator page here.
http://tinyurl.com/frameratepolice - Join the Framerate Police stream group here.

I'm starting a second Steam curation account with a long-term project to document and label games with a 30fps lock. The purpose of that is to warn people about such titles, if they find 30fps to be unacceptable. You can join the group and contribute to the project and share information and fixes using the Steam forum and also follow the curator to be warned about 30fps games on Steam.

The Framerate Police are here

TL:DR - Rowan Kaisers allegations against me are entirely false and we consider them libel. The audio debunks every allegation he has made and points out that his crusade against me in itself constitutes harassment by his definition. We have no comment to make on the Paradox/Kaiser situation and consider it a nontroversy. TotalBiscuit considers Rowan Kaiser to be a dickhead and wants nothing to do with him

I am tired of the lies. I am tired of the faux morality. I am tired of your shame crusades. Take a good long look at yourself.

The statement the first night of the controversy, that people like to conveniently forget about because it fits in with whatever narrative they've conjured up to make themselves feel better about their awful shaming and harassment - http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1s4nmr1

Enough is Enough

A TRUE baby-step into Elder Scrolls Lore, a basic guide for the uninitiated covering the META of the Lore itself and the Lore Community as a whole. Highly controversial and subjective topics may offend some people, if you are part of the TESLore and are consequently offended then mission successful -- for those who don't know about the lore, this will help you hop into it.

Better quality episodes coming soon.

Elder Scrolls Lore #1: Intro to the Lore Community, The Meta, Kirkbride & C0DA

This is a reading of the following blog - http://blueplz.blogspot.com/2015/12/polygon-please-get-your-shit-together.html 
It's worth noting that for the sake of convenience, I refer to the study throughout as the "UN Report". This is a report presented to a branch of the UN, by a 3rd party group, it was not created by the UN.

Polygon, please get your sh*t together

Join your old friends Jim Sterling and Conrad Zimmerman as they get elbow-deep in licensed videogame material. Movies, TV shows, comics (but mostly movies), the doctors are here to examine. 

This week, we start with 2002's Resident Evil, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich. 

She kicked a zombie unconscious. 

The Spin-off Doctors: Resident Evil

Not super happy with this, but best I could do

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/49o8ba/request_meridias_bacon/

Meridia's Bacon

I'm sorry. I promise I'm about done specifically talking about No Man's Sky for a while, I just couldn't resist this. 

Dramatic Reading: To The No Man's Sky Haters

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TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Mike Bithell for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy!

Original air date: June 27th, 2017

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The Co-Optional Podcast Ep. 176 ft. Mike Bithell [strong language] - June 29th, 2017

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off!

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Discussion topics:
Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:01:01
History 00:02:11
Jaffa Cake Controversy 00:03:11
Wrestling 00:07:38
Videogames 00:11:13
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT 00:13:29
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 00:25:05
The First Tree 00:39:35
Another lost phone 00:43:25
Cat Quest 00:51:38
This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 00:55:49
Ruiner 00:58:52
Mario Odyssey 01:05:15
Wolfenstein 2 01:08:11
Autoage: Stand Off 01:13:48
Fortnite: Battle Royale 01:16:30
Heat Signature 01:29:09
Total War: Warhammer 2 01:32:41
NBA 2K18 01:42:06
Shadow of War Charity DLC 01:48:43
SAG-AFTRA Voice Actor Strike 01:53:48
PUBG Bluehole 02:01:01
Game development and transparency 02:16:35
Releases 02:29:44

TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Simon Miller for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy!

Original air date: September 26th, 2017

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https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue

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The Co-Optional Podcast Ep. 189 ft. Simon Miller [strong language] - September 28th, 2017

Entertaining people through random Video Game Presentations, Lore, Mods, and such. Reviews Previews, Playthroughs.

This account will eventually be filled with random monologues in the form of BOTH audio versions of some of my YouTube videos AND just random talking points as I feel like doing them.

Elder Scrolls Lore #1: Intro to the Lore Community, The Meta, Kirkbride & C0DA

Zaric Zhakaron