Episode 290 - Baldur’s Gate III, Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, & Death OR "Memento Mori"

The Platformers: A Video Game (and Nerd Culture) Podcast

In this episode, Brian, Kris, and Will get into a deep discussion about the best games so far this year, as well as life and death, and how knowledge of our limited time informs what we want from our games and movies, how it impacts what we choose to play (and not to play), as well as how we do criticism. Enjoy!

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS:

• This Year’s Games, James Bond, & Why Brian Is Ugly - 2:00 |
• The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood & Baldur’s Gate 3 - 21:36 |
• Go-To Character Classes & Archetypes - 23:43 |
• More Baldur’s Gate 3 - 30:00 |
• Game Of The Year Contenders - 40:00 |
• What We Want From Games - 50:00 |
• How To Handle Endings - 1:30:00 |
• Our Limited Time & Criticism - 1:44:00 |
• Chasing Perfection - 1:57:00 |

POTENTIAL EPISODE TITLES (EACH "+" IS A HOST VOTE):

• +Already Feeling The Effects Of This Delightful Little Tonic |
• +Audrey, Mario Kart Enthusiast |
• ++I’m A Very Nice Person, But I Will Emotionally Destroy You At Mario Kart |
• ++You’ve Been Invaded By The Ghost Of Luigi |
• ++I Liked His Post About Turtle Dogs, & Now He’s Immortal |
• ++It’s Not James Bond Unless Famke Janssen Is Trying To Strangle People During Sex |
• +Goldeneye, The Film Based On The Hit N64 Game |
• ++What If Your Dad Was Cool? |
• ++If Your Dad Looked Like Pierce Brosnan, What Happened With You? |
• I Kid, I Think Brian Is Very Handsome |
• Something Terrible Happened To Create The Horrid Goblin You See Before You |
• +I Would Simply Gap |
• ++I Used To Be A Piece Of S#!^ |
• +The Game Of The Year 2023: Butter Chicken |
• He Robbed The Wrong Mob? Who’s The RIGHT Mob?!
• +++We Are At ‘Peak Fine’ |
• +++Can Love Blossom Between Two Robots On The Battlefield?
• People Convince Themselves That They Like (The) Journey
• +The Shape That My Grief Has Taken Is ‘We Don’t Talk About Troy Baker’ |
• ++Your Life Is An Alarm Clock & You Don’t Know When It Will Ring
• ++Memento Mori
• Please, It’s Almost 11 PM

[The Platformers Video Game Podcast is created, hosted, edited, written, & streamed by Brian Barnett on Twitch.tv/Ribnax]