Game Veterans Podcast #309: Off-Topic 3/2023 – News

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After reports of big anniversaries and diabolical beta dates, we come to the weekly game reports: Jörg tried his hand at simulated politics, while Heinrich already had a new mobiledoom could try (don’t get excited too soon). But then we’ve played enough, the rest of the episode belongs to the trip to the off-topic departments. There is a lot to report, especially with the series: In what order did we get the episodes of kaleidoscope served? How magical is the series adaptation of the Lucasfilm fantasy film willow? And what kind of record collection rummaging did the appraisal have Bee Gees-Documentation result?

Episode 9-2023 (#309) of the game veteran podcast with Jörg Langer and Heinrich Lenhardt has a running time of 1:41:45 hours.

00:00:15 News & small talk

• 0:01:19 Mixed news: Back then developers are celebrating the Star Fox’s 30th BirthdayFiraxis is working on Civilization VII and says goodbye to XCOM reinventor Jake Solomon, Blizzard announces the dates for the open beta from Diablo 4.
• 0:12:00 What was the last thing we played? Mighty Doom, Suzerain, Tape-to-tape (Demo).
• 0:29:09 Listener mail from Florian Beyer and Andreas Wanda.

0:40:34 Game veterans off topic

• 0:40:42 Off-topic small talk: calendar reform ideas and amazing sightings in the wild.
• 0:50:08 series department: The Last of Us, Kaleidoscope, Cunk on Earth, Aggretsuko (Season 5), Willow, Tehran (Season 2).
• 1:20:24 Book section: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
• 1:24:30 Film and Music Department: The Violence Action, Bushwick, The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart — and to match, the 1983 album How Old Are You by Robin Gibb.

1:39:19 Credits