Episode 175: Hideo Kojima's Indoctrination Theory

Waypoint Radio

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4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of Waypoint Radio, Rob, Patrick, Austin and Danielle gather to discuss games that attempt the herculean task of ending a series on a satisfying note. There are many threes today: The Banner Sage 3, Mass Effect 3, Dark Souls 3, and more, and, of course, a discussion that encompasses fan labor.

Discussed: Banner Saga 3, Mass Effect 3, Dark Souls 3, BioShock, The Witcher 3, Animorphs, The Walking Dead (Telltale), Metal Gear Solid V, Sherlock Holmes, Half Life, The Leftovers, Herotodus, Fast Lane, Nightmare on Elm Street

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0:00.0	My fundamental reaction to the Banner Saga 3 is one of the invitations.
0:20.8	It turns out this was a journey worth taking and a world worth keeping my heart for the
0:24.3	last few years.
0:25.8	In the end, it is justified its stylistic and narrative choices and surpassed the hopes
0:29.6	I had before I back went on to play the first part of the trilogy.
0:32.9	This final act may not offer a comfortable or easy resolution, but then again, that was
0:37.4	never really in the cards.
0:39.0	Like I said before, it's not that kind of story and wishing it were otherwise only makes
0:44.1	things worse.
0:45.3	That was, of course, Rob Zackney, reading his own review of the Banner Saga 3 titled, The
0:50.8	Final Act of the Banner Saga cements its bleak greatness.
0:55.0	I'm Danielle Riendo and this is Waypoint Radio Episode 175.
0:58.4	In addition to Rob, joining me today, of course, is Patrick Kleppich.
1:02.2	Hello.
1:03.2	The true gamer and Austin Walker.
1:06.4	Hey, how's it going?
1:07.8	Alright, everybody, so today I figured for topic since we had this lovely review by Rob,
1:13.4	we would talk a bit about sort of final chapters in Saga's of games or Saga's of Gansers.
1:19.7	I'm on a saga trip here with the Banner Saga, but it's sort of final.
1:23.7	Believe me, that was a real problem when I was writing that review.
1:26.4	I'm sure you were like, and this in this saga at the end of my long saga.
1:32.6	The entire point was like, oh, it truly became a saga, but how the fuck do you say that
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