Episode #60: A Developer Interview

Featuring:
Merve
Andy Tuttle
The Kappa
Special guest: Scott LaGrasta

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:15 – Introductions
1:00 – COVID-19 and the Games Industry
26:00 – What We’ve Been Playing: Lockdown Edition
50:45 – Scott LaGrasta Interview
1:35:05 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep60

Podcast header image from BioShock 2. Linkdump after the jump.

• Steam store pages for BioShock 2 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
• Andy Tuttle’s interview with Scott LaGrasta. (Source: The Avocado)

• Wikipedia article on the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Announcement of GDC going virtual. (Source: GDC)
• Official website for E3, featuring a cancellation announcement.
• Official website for Mixer.
• Ben Kuchera’s article about game review press events. (Source: Ars Technica)
• Wikipedia article on Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
• Steam store page for DOOM Eternal.
• Explanation of the Animal Crossing/Doom memes. (Source: Polygon)
• A leaked GameStop/EB Games conference call regarding the pandemic. (Source: CAMELOT331 on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Hollywood Video.

• Steam store page for Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
• Steam store page for Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada.
• Steam store page for Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.
• Announcement of the Digimon Adventure reboot. (Source: Tokyo Otaku Mode)
• Steam store page for Octopath Traveler.

• Andy Tuttle’s interview with Scott LaGrasta. (Source: The Avocado)
• Wikipedia article on Grandma’s Boy.
• Wikipedia article on Darkwatch: Curse of the West.
• Steam store page for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified.
• Wikipedia article on Silent Hill.
• Steam store page for BioShock 2.
• The levels Merve was alluding to were “Effect and Cause” in Titanfall 2 and “A Crack in the Slab” in Dishonored 2. (Sources: Titanfall Wiki and Dishonored Wiki on Fandom)
• Steam store page for Defiance.
• Official website for Clumsy, a utility for purposely manipulating your network conditions to simulate bad connections. Confirmation: It is indeed open source freeware.
• Itch.io page for Gunbuds.
• Official website for Massive Entertainment.
• Scott LaGrasta’s MobyGames page.

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