Ep. 263 - Extractula the Dracula, with Esper Quinn

thebryanjzx90

I loved the Suikoden II cooking but the actual storyline of it was secondary. My main joy was in trying to imagine the likes and dislikes of all of the minor stars of destiny when they would show up to judge your dishes and try and figure out what on earth warrior #23 who has maybe a half dozen lines in the entire game wants to eat.

DaveedNoo

thebryanjzx90 yeah i loved this cooking game! Felt super special!

Gaagaagiins

LuigiIsThePope If you trust the Nintendo Direct voice-over guy, Theatrhythm is pronounced “theatre rhythm”.

I guess the real question is if the portmanteau is supposed to be “theatre rhythm” or “theatrical rhythm.”

Not that portmanteaus, like acronyms like .gif, need to preserve the pronunciation rules of their constituent words. But, you know. When they don’t they don’t but when they do they do.

I think I like the sound of “theatre rhythm” but I also think I like the connotations put forward by “theatrical rhythm” more… what a conundrum

LuigiIsThePope

Gaagaagiins I guess the real question is if the portmanteau is supposed to be “theatre rhythm” or “theatrical rhythm.”

The former, it seems; Square Enix lists the genre as「シアターリズムアクション」(“theatre rhythm action”).

Jaffe

My mom says she liked my “We G Mans” joke

Jaffe

antillese Thanks to @Jaffe for reading my Einhander intro at the top of the show.

Thank you for your Patreon contribution! The offer stands: new and upgrading donors get to give me a video game quote to say on the show

thebryanjzx90

Hey Brandon took my answer re driving game manual transmissions. Maybe if you spend thousands of dollars on a full simulator setup it could be good, but short of that it just seems like it’s missing the point. To me the part about driving stick that makes it worthwhile is, it’s possible to be bad at it. If you let the clutch out too early or too quickly or not at the right RPM then the car is going to give you all kinds of different noises and vibrations and shakes and shudders that you can feel with your whole body to let you know nope try again. And when you shift well you get immediate positive feedback too. The only negative feedback from a poor shift in an arcade game is the sound of an engine revving too high or too low, nothing tactile.

wickedcestus

Always love an episode where Tim shows up in a goofy mood. He’s a funny guy.

exodus

LuigiIsThePope that’s part of why I said it that way. I’m pretty sure I heard it in a title screen somewhere too??

coreywilliams

That hbomberguy Tallarico video is really really good!

soapbox

Recommendations:
Brandon: Duma

Gotta second this recommendation to listen to Duma by linking the video that prompted me to pick up their self-titled album during one of those first BandCamp Fridays a couple years back. Haven’t listened to this in a minute but getting reminded via Brandon’s recommendation (and then feeling disappointment when my scramble to check tour dates shows the only West Coast dates are in CA and not up close to Seattle here) and forgot how much I love this fascinating album.

Rough and textured, not traditionally “metal” but a very helpful way to think of their aesthetic (and not like there’s not similarly atmosphere-forefronted metal bands). Esper linked one of their newer singles that shows they’re now signed to Sub Pop (?!) so bummer they’re not coming up to Seattle for a show, but highly recommend their self titled album too (especially since Bandcamp makes it a pain to get there via that new single).

Photosensitivity warning for the video below! Great video, some heavy strobes near the end! (thanks @Gaagaagiins for directing me on how to hide in the details for some forewarning)

Gaagaagiins

soapbox I am not an expert on the topic so can’t confirm if it is totally necessary, but you might want to put some kind of photosensitivity warning on that video! There is pretty intense flickering and flashing near the end of the video.

Maybe put a photosensitivity warning and then put the link under a cut? You can get the following result by putting the link to the video on its own line with the line beginning with “>!” then a space.

As in…

Photosensitivity warning: intense flickering and flashing near the end of the video

">! https: //youtu.be/link to the video

…but with that quotation mark removed.

It will end up looking like this on the post:

I am not absolutely certain there are photosensitive or epileptic forum users so no harm no foul, but we do have lurkers we may want to consider.

I thought I’d mention it because I’m also going to third this recommendation. That is some wild stuff.

Gaagaagiins

soapbox (thanks @Gaagaagiins for directing me on how to hide in the details for some forewarning)

You’re welcome! Thanks for editing the post! And also for remembering what strobing is called, I forgot.

I love the “Details” formatting on the forum. You can even capture multiple paragraphs in one “Details” button by…

…putting the “>!” in front of…
…a new line with a single line break between them…

…or ones with double line breaks in between them too, for a normal paragraph layout all within one button. The “>!” just needs to be at the front of every line, the exception being that it isn’t necessary to put it on the blank line with the double line break. Just lines with text in them).

You can hide:

bullet point lists
in here
as well, just put the “>!” first thing before the “-”

marurun

There’s an argument to be made that manual transmission no longer has any practical, functional purpose in this modern day and age. That it’s purely an enthusiast thing which persists for funsies. So y’all enthusiasts git yer funsies on! I will continue to be boring, because being boring is where I excel.

Syzygy

marurun
Counter-point: it’s extremely effective anti-theft technology

marurun

Syzygy Security through obscurity is so unreliable, though.

dicegame

Echoing Brandon and the sentiment here that DUMA does rock and you should check them out if they’re playing near you. I saw them TWICE while in Europe this year and they killed it.

antillese

Update: this is the best way to drive a golf cart.

goonbag

finally finished the ep and came back to second the Duma recommendation but i guess I’m actually… fourthing it?

in which case i will recommend another artist from the nyege nyege scene with a different flavour: Slikback. he’s a great producer and DJ with a hard electronic sound that swerves between gqomish future club beats to industrial hip hop.

look up one of his recent live sets on soundcloud or youtube if you’re interested. i had the great pleasure of seeing him play live and not only was it one of the best live DJ sets I’ve ever witnessed (no small praise) but i chatted with him a bit and he’s a genuinely lovely dude.

esper

Roasty Veggies

half 16oz bag carrot chips
1 12oz bag broccoli
1 lb petite gold potatoes (any potato will do, really)
1 12oz bag brussels sprouts (chopped in half
half an onion
olive oil
basically any seasonings (I use garlic salt, MSG and pepper as base, then add other stuff if I feel like it)
i also add fresh rosemary but this isn’t necessary

-preheat your oven to 400
-chop potatoes and other veg into bite sized pieces
-toss all ingredients in a big bowl, and pour the olive oil in. make sure everything has a little bit of coating on it, then
-add seasoning and keep tossing until you feel pretty good about it
-okay, I have a bunch of half-sized sheetpans i bought from a restaurant supply store. i lay foil out on them, but you could easily use a large standard sheet pan here. spread everything out as much as you can to get even cooking.
-roast in the oven for 20 minutes
-pull it out of the oven, shift everything around a bit (switch position of the two pans, if you have two of them) and put it back in for another 20 minutes

in the one above, I chopped up an andoullie sausage and put that in (before roasting, but after oil and seasoning. an andoullie sausage does not need additional oil). i really recommend throwing in or removing anything that works for you, this is just the Veg Combination I like most. other proteins I’ve tried include chicken and steak, but it works completely vegetarian as well.

serves 4, or serves the hell out of 2 plus leftovers

happy cooking!

Gaagaagiins

esper restaurant supply store

I LOVE restaurant and commercial kitchen supply stores. Shouts out to Dee Dee at Tap Phuong on Spadina in Toronto

rejj

esper https://forums.insertcredit.com/d/2104-the-insert-credit-cookbook-the-recipe-thread/ :(

nolimitsquesting

esper Glad to see the roasty veggies recipe, I’m going to give this a try some time (big broccoli fan!) Good to hear you on the episode too!!

Everyone was on top form with the jokes this episode, I laughed so hard at the improv zone! The dirtbag clearance episodes are always a treat.

When it comes to rhythm games I’d love to see something similar to Mother 3’s battle system, it was so chill! I’m really surprised I haven’t seen something like it in other RPGs.

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