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Podcast episode 110: the ‘if you could have one superpower’ specialBeads. Bees!?
Beads. Bees!?
Our diversions this week are less likely to involve the term “bumeggs”, but we do spend ages talking about whether or not a character inResident Evil7 has a beehive for a bum or not. Also, it turns out that we mostly want special abilities that facilitate the acquisition and consumption of food. We did record this around lunchtime, in fairness.
To make things more confusing, the Cavern Of Lies this weekissuperhero themed, specifically around 2002 strategy game Freedom Force.
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LinksHere is the Planet Earth video of a beetlechucking his girlfriend out of a tree.
We did a lot of LIS coverage. Here’s Pip’sreview of Life Is Strangefrom five (!) years ago. Adam did somemid-season thoughts, and Alice0 and Pip dida verdict-o-chat. Also, here isa mod to make Max a goth.
Matthew wants to be a cherub and possess a roofer, as in Messiah. We’ve only got aHave You Played? about Messiah, but it sounds hellish.
Americans,do not ever try to order “a Black and Tan"in actual real Ireland and in fact probably just stop ordering them all together.
Colm arguesTony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2shows that Tony Hawk has supernatural powers, but Matthew is unconvinced. It’s out now andhas renamed the mute grab, and also hasa school that’s still closed because of the ‘rona.
Danny MacAskill is definitely a wizard.
Matthew mentions the Domino ability fromDishonored 2and I’m pretty sure makes it way more OP than it actually is.Dishonored 2is one ofour best games of the 2010s. Rob Dwiar once tooka deep dive into the gardens in Dishonored 2, and here is a really good entry of The Mechanicabout the Jindosh Riddle.
Recommendationsthis week are for New Japan Pro Wrestling’sG1 Climax 30, Matthew recommendsDanish political drama Borgen, and Alice recommends writing someone a physical letter.
