Episode 301: Two Old Men Arguing About Quake 2
Waypoint Radio
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🗓️ 23 March 2020
⏱️ 131 minutes
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Summary
It’s finally happened. After decades of waiting, Valve has finally released another Half-Life game, but no, it isn’t the fabled Half-Life 3. Half-Life Alyx dropped today, and Patrick has the goods for us. Special guest Emanuel Maiberg from Motherboard joins the crew to talk about Half-Life’s legacy, Alyx’s strengths, and whether or not Half-Life is just… a slightly better Quake 2? Then Rob shares his hatred for the Marauder from Doom Eternal, Austin and Cado go over their first days of rapid expansion in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and we dunk on Gamestop for it’s shitty retail practices.
Discussed: Half-Life: Alyx 3:42, Doom Eternal 51:18, Animal Crossing: New Horizons 1:18:53, Gamestop 1:39:50
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| 0:00.0 | What's good internet? It's Monday March 23rd 2020 and you were listening to Waypoint Radio |
| 0:21.8 | episode 301. I was host also Walker and I'm joined by Rob Zachney. |
| 0:27.7 | I was going I'm sorry. I'm just staring down struck it today. Yeah, well, yeah, uh-huh today just today just today Patrick |
| 0:35.9 | Clepick. So we just had a 300 episodes to summon a new Half-Life game so 300 to go and then what do we need to put in the summoning circle next? |
| 0:44.0 | What? Yeah, well, oh god. This is what it's cost the world to get half the next Half-Life game. I don't know what the next numbered sequel |
| 0:52.3 | it will have what it takes. Kato here on the line with us. Hi. And special guest. A manual my book joining us from I almost had |
| 1:02.0 | Motherboard HQ. Is that just partially your bedroom now? What is it? Yeah, Motherboard HQ is the is my bedroom now? |
| 1:09.2 | I know. It's very weird Brooklyn. So that's all I've been the administrative headquarters of Motherboard |
| 1:13.7 | is that it's bad. Given the timing of emails and the content about like payroll follow up inside. Yeah, like my |
| 1:21.2 | suspension is like Motherboard like administrative command. He's pretty much right there possibly in that bad. |
| 1:27.9 | This is the polypiro kind of part of the administration. Yeah, I got you. Yeah. |
| 1:35.2 | Well, we had you on partially because of what we kind of set up top which is there is a new |
| 1:39.5 | fucking Half-Life game. And I think Rob you suggested a manual as the office's foremost the in office |
| 1:48.6 | foremost Half-Life fan and expert. I'm not putting Patrick out but Patrick isn't you know in the |
| 1:54.1 | I guess no one's in the office right now. But the manual also is a history with with the Half-Life series |
| 2:00.5 | and with that like Alex the embargo coming down I think as we speak right it's like just about |
| 2:06.4 | that's a couple hours from now from where we're recording. Okay, but it'll it'll probably happen at some |
| 2:11.5 | point during the recording of this. I felt like you know I agreed with Rob that maybe you should |
| 2:16.2 | come on and and we could all grill Patrick about Half-Life Alex. It's a half-Life manual is just |
| 2:22.1 | been clear. The half-life stand who then message me this morning and said hey I'm not going to play |
| 2:26.4 | this for like a year because you just spoil the ending for me. That's a type of stand. That's |
| 2:31.6 | you know it's not everyone has to respect it. I respect it. I was like look you it's going to get |
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