Ep. 219: 'Achievement Oriented' on 'The Last Guardian' and 'Westworld'

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🗓️ 8 December 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Jason Concepcion react to recent announcements of new installments in a few of their favorite game franchises, then call New York Times contributing game critic Chris Suellentrop (8:30) to talk about 'The Last Guardian,' the genius of Fumito Ueda (13:00), and the legacy of 'Ico' and 'Shadow of the Colossus' (19:00). Lastly, Ben, Jason, and Chris talk to novelist and 'Westworld' writer-editor Charles Yu (29:15) about the video game roots of the show's first season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's episode of Achievement Oriented is brought to you by Bose.
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0:18.2	Hello and welcome to Achievement Oriented channel 33's gaming podcast.
0:28.8	My name is Ben and I'm a writer for theRinger.com and on the other line, he's promised to take
0:34.2	me to where the mountains meet the sea.
0:36.0	It's my Ringer colleague Jason Konsebsion.
0:38.8	Hey Jason.
0:39.8	Hello.
0:40.8	We've got a busy show.
0:41.8	We're going to be talking about the last Guardian, the new game from Auteur Fumito Ueda,
0:49.6	the man who made ECO and Shadow of the Clause, two of the best games we have ever played,
0:55.1	but spoiler, not a masterpiece.
0:57.2	Yeah.
0:58.6	Those games were a waste in the past and we've been waiting for the last Guardian, the follow-up,
1:03.8	two Shadow of the Clause.
1:05.2	For quite a while, it's a long delayed game.
1:07.8	It's gone through many different iterations and consoles and it has finally arrived and
1:13.5	we have played it.
1:14.5	So you and I will talk about it.
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