Released today is the seventh episode of The Squadron of Shame SquadCast focusing on Clover Studios’ beautiful game (poncey as it sounds, there really is no other way to describe it) Okami. Along the way we take in a lengthy journey into the depths of Papapishu’s mind (fueled by Dance Mania and ADD meds), discuss why good is boring and evil is awesome (and Braid is either a work of art or emo bullshit) and delve into the “this could go on for months” territory of Eastern vs Western game design philosophy.
We also, as usual, discuss our personal piles of shame, including comment on Geometry Wars 2, Braid (twice), Soul Calibur IV, Star Control 2 (hold on, haven’t we done that one already?), Siren: Blood Curse and, much to Pishu’s disgust, EVE Online.
This episode features a triumvirate of hot Chris action, with Chrises “RocGaude” Whittington, “Iscariot83” Hernandez and “Papapishu” Person making an appearance, along with myself, Mark “Beige” Whiting, Tom “sinfony” Haley and George “Regulus Loves EVE” Kokoris.
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Any podcast that features not 1…not 2…but 3 Chris’s must be dead sexy.
As always, bang up job on the editing, Mr. D. Your kung-fu is strong and deserved of worship.
I’m only two-thirds through — congratulations! I’m really enjoying it.
I wanted to mention, before I forget, that I distinctly remember reading somewhere that, although Amaterasu is occasionally referenced as “she” in the U.S. game, in the original Japanese she is referred to by an ambiguous or gender-neutral pronoun. And although the English language is unable to account for those ambiguities, I really did think the development team did as good a job as they possibly could in circumventing the language issues.
Just finished the show. Another fine editing job. Your mojo knows no end.