Episode #102: Wet Dads

AVoCADo GamesCast

Featuring:
Merve
QuinleyThorne
The Kappa

Editor:
The Kappa

Timestamps:
0:35 – Introduction
4:15 – Summer Game Fest: General Thoughts
6:45 – PlayStation State of Play
30:05 – Guerrilla Collective
44:10 – Access-Ability Summer Showcase
52:40 – Summer Game Fest Live
1:11:50 – Day of the Devs
1:21:00 – Devolver Digital
1:22:45 – Atlus Exclusive Showcase: Metaphor: ReFantazio
1:33:00 – Future of Play Direct
1:36:00 – Wholesome Direct and Paying for Showcase Spots
1:39:55 – Latin American Games Showcase and Women-Led Games Showcase
1:44:00 – Future Games Show
1:53:05 – Xbox Games Showcase
2:57:45 – PC Gaming Show
3:10:20 – Ubisoft and Star Wars
3:38:05 – Dragon Age: The Veilguard
4:36:30 – Conclusion

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/avocadogamescast_ep102

Podcast header image from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, taken from Gaming Bible. Podcast header font is Balgruf. Spoiler warning: Dune; Dragon: Age Inquisition. Content warning: graphic sexual discussion. Linkdump and timestamps for warnings after the jump.

Introduction (0:35)

• Leaker “Midori”’s confession. (Source: r/GamingLeaksAndRumours on Reddit)
• Daniel Ahmad’s Twitter account. (Source: @ZhugeEX on Twitter)

Summer Game Fest: General Thoughts (4:15)

No links here.

PlayStation State of Play (6:45)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• TV Tropes page for Team Fortress 2 fan film Emesis Blue.
• Report on the slowdown of PS5 sales. (Source: Forbes)
• PS5 has sold roughly half of PS4’s lifetime sales so far. (Source: VGChartz)
• Announcement trailer for Astro Bot. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Gameplay trailer for Infinity Nikki. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Release date trailer for Silent Hill 2. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Christina Aguilera’s 1999 Teen Choice Awards outfit. (Source: r/silenthill on Reddit)
• Gameplay trailer for Concord. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Report on “trans bullets” in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Warzone. (Source: Metro Game Central)
• Wikipedia article on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.

Guerrilla Collective (30:05)

CONTENT WARNING: graphic sexual discussions

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Guerrilla Collective on YouTube)
• Steam store page for Fallen Aces.
• Fortnite left early access in 2020. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Steam store page for Bellwright.
• Steam store page for SEX with HITLER. [NSFW]
• Steam store page for the upcoming Hollowbody.
• VoD of the OTK Games Expo. (Source: OTK on YouTube)
• Steam store page for the upcomingSky Oceans: Wings for Hire.

Access-Ability Summer Showcase (44:10)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: LauraKBuzz on YouTube)
• Periphery Synthetic Accessibility Trailer. (Source: LauraKBuzz on YouTube)
• An explanation of Street Fighter 6’s Modern control scheme. (Source: Polygon)
• An outline of Forza Motorsport’s accessibility features. (Source: Forza Support)

Summer Game Fest Live (52:40)

MILD SPOILERS: Dune

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Official teaser trailer for Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. (Source: Sid Meier’s Civilization on YouTube)
• Official release date trailer for Once Human. (Source: Once Human on YouTube)
• “Blitz, Brawl, Blaze” gameplay trailer for Mecha BREAK. (Source: Mecha BREAK on YouTube)
• The Blumhouse Games section of SGF Live. (Source: thegamewards on YouTube)
• Clarification: Spooky’s House of Jump Scares is now officially titled Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion because of a potential legal battle. (Source: Steam)
• Official announcement trailer for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
• Alan Wake 2 – Night Springs expansion launch trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• Steam store page for Quantum Break.
• The actor who played Tommy Carcetti on The Wire and Littlefinger on Game of Thrones is Aiden Gillen. (Source: Wikipedia)
• World premiere trailer for Neva. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Summer Game Fest 2024 trailer for Delta Force: Hawk Ops. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• World premiere trailer for Dune: Awakening. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Sonic X Shadow Generations trailer at Summer Game Fest. (Source: Sonic the Hedgehog on YouTube)
• Know Your Meme page on Christian Sonic fanart.
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II trailer at Summer Game Fest. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)

Day of the Devs (1:11:50)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegamewards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Phoenix Springs. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Afterlove EP. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Screenbound. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Building Relationships. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Tides of Tomorrow. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Day of the Devs presentation on Battle Vision Network. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Lies of P.
• Official website for Cheat Engine.
• Know Your Meme page for the “You Cheated Not Only the Game, But Yourself” copypasta.

Devolver Digital (1:21:00)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: thegameawards on YouTube)
• Possessor(s) reveal trailer. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)
• The Crush House trailer. (Source: DevolverDigital on YouTube)

Atlus Exclusive Showcase: Metaphor: ReFantazio (1:22:45)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Official ATLUS West on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Bravely Default.
• Clarification: Archetypes are Metaphor: ReFantazio’s job system, and Archetypes can learn new skills, but each Archetype belongs to a lineage, and more advanced Archetypes (i.e. jobs) can be unlocked by deepening bonds with other characters who control a particular lineage. (Source: Official ATLUS West on YouTube)
• Correction: The main character in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, Itsuki Aoi, mostly uses electricity skills and is by default weak to fire. (Source: Fire Emblem Wiki on Fandom)
• Denerim is the capital of Ferelden in the world of Dragon Age, Thedas. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)

Future of Play Direct (1:33:00)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
• Correction: Melios does appear to be a creation of GLITCH, the company that organized this showcase. (Source: GLITCH)
• Steam store pages for the upcoming ABYSS X ZERO, Cozy Marbles, and Sandara: City of a Thousand Eclipses.
• Tumblr for Twitch streamer Demily Pyro.

Wholesome Direct and Paying for Showcase Spots (1:36:00)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Wholesome Games on YouTube)
• Official website for Popagenda.

Latin American Games Showcase and Women-Led Games Showcase (1:39:55)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Latin American Games Showcase on YouTube)
• Official gameplay trailer for Slime Heroes. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Women-Led Games on YouTube)
• Release date trailer for The Star Named EOS. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Official trailer for Woodo. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Official trailer for Mexico, 1921: A Deep Slumber. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Steam store page for 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.
• Steam store page for Tenebris Somnia.

Future Games Show (1:44:00)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• First Dwarf gameplay official trailer. (Source: GameSpot Trailers on YouTube)
• The Operator gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• Official gameplay trailer for Nobody Wants to Die. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Dustborn gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• The Precinct gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• Release date reveal trailer for Parcel Corps. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• Sacrifire gameplay trailer. (Source: FGS on YouTube)
• Official Steam Next Fest trailer for SCHiM. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Gameplay trailer for Hell of an Office. (Source: FGS on YouTube)

Xbox Games Showcase (1:53:05)

CONTENT WARNING: graphic sexual discussion

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Official trailer for Starfield: Shattered Space. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
• Steam store page for the Starfield Creation Kit.
• Elianora’s YouTube channel.
• Nexus Mods page for Caliente’s Beautiful Bodies Enhancer (CBBE). [NSFW]
• Official website for LoversLab. [NSFW]
• Official website for Fallout: London.
• Wikipedia article on the disabled Hot Coffee content in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. [NSFW]
• LoversLab page for the milking fetish Old Hroldan Farm mod for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. [NSFW]
• South of Midnight gameplay reveal. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Announcement trailer for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Fableofficial trailer. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
• Atomfallreveal trailer. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Reveal trailer for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. (Source: Sandfall Interactive on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on the Turkish film Clair Obscur, which has nothing to do with the upcoming video game of the same name.
• Official gameplay reveal for Perfect Dark. (Source: GameSpot on YouTube)
• Announce trailer for Life is Strange: Double Exposure. (Source: Life is Strange on YouTube)
• Gameplay reveal trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. (Source: Call of Duty on YouTube)
• Official showcase reveal for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
• Official trailer 1 for DOOM: The Dark Ages. (Source: Bethesda Softworks on YouTube)
• Avowed story trailer. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Official announce trailer for Gears of War: E-Day. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• The Time of Opportunities trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Trailer for State of Decay 3. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• Official extended trailer for FragPunk. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Reveal trailer for Mixtape. (Source: Xbox on YouTube)
• First look gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
• Sadly, because the Dorkly website no longer exists, and the video was never uploaded to their YouTube channel, we cannot dig up the “Gun Home” parody video. Here’s a link to a Eurogamer article about the video.
• Official website for LGBTQ gun rights group The Pink Pistols.

PC Gaming Show (2:57:45)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Official story reveal trailer for Wander Stars. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Official announcement trailer for I Am Your Beast. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Unbeatable trailer. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Deathsprint 66 trailer. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Official reveal trailer for Crescent County. (Source: IGN on YouTube)
• Official gameplay trailer for Mars Tactics. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)
• Third faction reveal trailer and developer interview for Stormgate. (Source: PC Gamer on YouTube)
• Official trailer for Inferni: Hope & Fear. (Source: Inferni: Hope & Fear on YouTube)
• Steam store page for the early access game Core Keeper.
• Official gameplay trailer for Gunboat God. (Source: GameTrailers on YouTube)

Ubisoft and Star Wars (3:10:20)

• VoD of the presentation. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake trailer. (Source: PlayStation on YouTube)
• New release date trailer for The Rogue Prince of Persia. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
• Confirmation and further details: The Sands of Time remake was originally being worked on by Ubisoft Pune and Ubisoft Mumbai before it was given to Ubisoft Montreal. (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wikipedia article on the 2008 Prince of Persia game.
• Game overview trailer of Star Wars Outlaws. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
• Wikipedia article on Metallica.
• Live action teaser for Anno 117: Pax Romana. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)
• Launch trailer for XDefiant. (Source: Ubisoft on YouTube)

Dragon Age: The Veilguard (3:38:05)

MAJOR SPOILERS: Dragon Age: Inquisition and its DLC

• Official reveal trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Source: Dragon Age on YouTube)
• Official gameplay reveal for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. (Source: Dragon Age on YouTube)
• The “stone statue” spell that Merve was referencing is called Stonefist. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)
• Report on layoffs at BioWare in 2023. (Source: Sports Illustrated)
• Report on Anthem’s development. (Source: Kotaku)
• Brendan Sinclair’s article on how development is chaotic for both good and bad AAA games. (Source: Remap Radio)
• YongYea’s examination of Glassdoor reviews at CD Projekt Red. (Source: YongYea on YouTube)
• Dragon Age Wiki article on Sera. (Source: Fandom)
• Wikipedia article on Hindutva.
• Mass Effect Wiki article on Ashley Williams. (Source: Fandom)
• Correction/clarification: Ashley Williams is supposed to be of partial Latina descent. (Source: Game Rant)
• Wikipedia article on Raphael Sbarge.
• Wikipedia article on Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.
• The name of the ancient elven capital in the Dragon Age series was Arlathan. (Source: Dragon Age Wiki on Fandom)

Conclusion (4:36:30)

• An interview with Dashiell Wood, the last person left playing Babylon’s Fall. (Source: Rock Paper Shotgun)