Ep 123 : Ben Vernel - CLASSIC CLIP - The comedian & podcaster talks Star Wars video games, defends the comics & explains what a “Filthy Casual” is
Steele Wars : Star Wars Podcast
Steele Saunders
4.5 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2017
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Ben and I discuss all the Star Wars video games throughout the years, along with the good and bad of what virtual reality might bring.
We talk about our differening takes on Marvel Star Wars and what we each want out of them.
Plus a tonne of great stories. A super fun episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to Steel Wars. I am comedian Steel Saunders and I do love Star Wars. Please enjoy this |
| 0:08.8 | classic clip which is available in full at patreon.com forward slash steel wars. |
| 0:20.2 | A quick warning, there is some occasional course language, |
| 0:23.6 | so if you are around sensitive ears or are easily offended, |
| 0:27.3 | move along to another Steel Wars episode. |
| 0:29.6 | This is not the podcast you are looking for. |
| 0:35.6 | So tell me, explain to the good people in Cincinnati about Knights of the Old Republic, |
| 0:42.8 | or, as they call it, for non-casuals, Cotour. |
| 0:46.9 | Yes, I didn't want to, see, I am non-casual about these games, so I would have said Cotor, |
| 0:51.7 | but I was trying to... |
| 0:53.4 | Ben just adjusted his tie. |
| 0:56.1 | So these are... Have you played the Mass Effect games? |
| 1:00.2 | No. Okay. Basically... |
| 1:02.1 | As a youngster, I did go to Mass and it did have an effect. |
| 1:06.6 | Oh dear. And did any priests play any games with you? |
| 1:09.3 | No, I just dedicated myself to sleeping in on Sundays. |
| 1:12.6 | Nice. Excellent. Like many video games players do. So there's that crossover. Nice. |
| 1:17.6 | So Kotor, it's two games and they are basically role-playing games. So they're heavily focused on story and character. |
| 1:27.0 | Okay, I don't even know what a role playing game is. |
| 1:29.7 | Basically, it just means you play a character, you level them up, you progress through |
| 1:34.7 | a linear story, and it's basically combat focused. |
| 1:38.3 | What are you seeing on the screen? |
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