Game Veterans #289: Off-Topic 10/2022 – News

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Jörg and Heinrich think outside the box for the off-topic podcast and report on reading, listening and watching pleasures away from the multimedia telegames.

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He braved typhoons, mastered left-hand traffic and even became a local TV celebrity – but now the game veteran podcast has him back: After two episodes of a travel-related break, Jörg is back on the home microphones. And since this time an off-topic episode is on the program, he entertains us with some travel stories. Heinrich has yet to contribute his Queen anecdote from 2002, but then we’ll get to the regular cultural sections. It’s about, for example, a novel based in the game developer milieu and the fantasy series duel The Rings of Power versus House of the Dragon. However, the first half of this episode is largely on-topic with news, game reports and listener mail.

Episode 41-2022 (#289) of the game veteran podcast with Jörg Langer and Heinrich Lenhard has a running time of 1:42:11 hours.

00:00:15 News & small talk

• 00:03:06 Mixed news: CD Projekt Red has big plans, the delay record of Duke Nukem Forever was broken, Google Stadia ceased operations, a missing one Dune-game reappeared, No Man’s Sky 4.0 now also on Switch.
• 00:22:25 What was the last thing we played? FIFA 23 (feat. Ted Lasso) and soccer story (Demo).
• 00:30:00 Listener mail from Matthias Fauth, Patorikku and N0Remors3.

00:41:17 Game veterans off topic

• 00:41:25 Jörg tells anecdotes about his recent documentary trip to Japan, Heinrich has a story about Queen Elizabeth II and ice hockey up his sleeve.
• 01:07:43 Book department: “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin.
• 01:13:30 Series Resort: Lord of the Rings – The Rings of Power, House of the Dragon.
• 01:23:47 music department: the cage from Billy Idol.
• 01:28:59 film department: Licorice Pizza, My Small Country, Thor-Love and Thunder.

01:39:45 Credits