Episode 270: Blizzard and the Hong Kong Protests
Waypoint Radio
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4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2019
⏱️ 121 minutes
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Summary
We're finally at the end of this long ass week. Rob is back from vacation to talk through his Ghost Recon: Breakpoint review, and the general reaction to that game. Austin checks back in with Final Fantasy XIV and the grind to the DLC. After the break, Cado and Austin have been checking out the tactical John Wick Hex, while Patrick has been fighting a fever in bed while playing Grindstone. Then we have a lengthy news section going over the PS5 announcement and Blizzard's response to the recent slew of Hong Kong protests from Hearthstone players.
Discussed: Ghost Recon: Breakpoint 1:22 , Final Fantasy XIV 14:31 , John Wick Hex 26:52 , Grindstone 38:47 , Warsaw 41:22 , Playstation 5 52:10 , Blizzard's reaction to the Hong Kong Protests 1:02:46
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| 0:00.0 | What's good internet welcome to Waypoint Radio episode 270 for October 10th nope October 11th |
| 0:24.2 | I wish it was the 10 because we do 10 10 2019 but it's 10 11 2019 |
| 0:30.9 | That's nothing that's numbers. There's some loose sequinciality at the beginning |
| 0:35.7 | I suppose I'm also walking joining me here in the studio. Kato is here Patrick recovering from a 101 degree fever 102 degree fever somewhere in there |
| 0:45.3 | How do you get so day one feel crummy day two feel better day three |
| 0:51.6 | Wow, just add the last two days together and just make it a thousand times worse |
| 0:55.2 | I don't get I don't get I don't get bodies. They're bad your body fighting for you |
| 0:59.3 | And sometimes it gets beat up. That's what I tried to tell myself is like yeah the fever means I'm out on the battlefield |
| 1:05.9 | You know it's doing its thing. Yeah |
| 1:09.0 | Speak with the barricades playing that to yourself at three in the morning. Yeah, exactly while you're just shivering and sweating |
| 1:14.1 | Yeah playing grinds playing grindstone waiting for the extra strength at nighttime medicine to kick in |
| 1:22.3 | Speaking of the battlefield field general Rob Zachany joining us. Hi Rob. How you doing? |
| 1:27.9 | You were like a little break too pretty well. Yeah good no fever. Yeah |
| 1:34.5 | Only this fever I've got for break point again released universal acclaim |
| 1:41.2 | Got my finger on the pulse of the industry |
| 1:44.0 | It's so funny. It's so us. It's so way point to be like yeah, just just this it is very funny |
| 1:51.1 | I'm I'm here for it. Do you play more break point? Oh? |
| 1:55.5 | Yeah, you still you're still yeah, high on high on the fumes |
| 2:02.2 | Whatever is on the island. I don't know. I like that game. I'm not |
| 2:06.8 | It's a weird thing the thing I'm uneasy about with my review is |
| 2:11.6 | How much did I discount just like for instance one of the things that comes up a lot in |
| 2:18.5 | More critical reviews of break point |
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