Chamberlain And Chance

No Stranger Things 3 spoiler this week, we promise! Chamberlain spent a solid 90 minutes with Sekiro before giving up on it and From Software forever, opting for another open world game by Avalanche destined to be enjoyed and forgotten. Chance has returned dominating Overwatch with Tracer and Alex drops hot, wicked truth in the last 30 seconds. Wait for it, it will change your life.

This week Alex finds joy in Gwent, the card game in Witcher 3, and then sadness when he can’t play Destiny 2. Chamberlain finds sadness in Samurai Shodown’s online play and a mixture of ennui and elation in Bloodstained. And Chance dispenses sadness to others in Overwatch and had a thoroughly middling reaction to My Friend Pedro.

You know it was a rough E3 when the post show hype lasts less than a single episode. Instead Chamberlain finished up Battlechasers and Bendy and the Ink Machine while continuing to avoid the spiteful gaze of Sekiro. Alex has returned to Dragon Quest 11, this time with better music. And Chance sampled both Cadence of Hyrule and My Friend Pedro. Also, send in phrases for Alex to teach his bird. The filthier, the better

It was not spectacular this year. Be it the preponderance of pre-rendered trailers over gameplay, the absence of Sony or that this is the tail end of the generation, E3 this year arrived and left with hardly a whimper. Chance thinks Nintendo won, Chamberlain is still in the pocket of Microsoft, and Alex thinks they are both crazy and played the free Borderland 2 expansion.

Chamberlain, Chance and Alex have a lot to say about a disaster this week. A disaster that could have been prevented, that was brought about by both incredible incompetence and rampant corruption. But enough about the Google Stadia, they watched Chernobyl and all enjoyed it. Alex has returned to Fallout 4, Chamberlain beat Devil May Cry 5 on the easiest difficulty and feels no shame and Chance impresses strangers in Ovrwatch. Oh, and E3 is next week.

This week… You know what? It’s Chamberlain’s Friday and he has been drinking and cannot come up with a blurb for the podcast. He has been on a Capcom kick with the Resident Evil 2 Remake and Devil May Cry 5. Alex is in turn based pirate heaven with Pillars of Eternity 2 and Chance has returned to his old friend Overwatch. This may have been typed three times.

Chance has finished Days Gone and still has nice things to say about it. Chamberlain went back to Anthem just long enough to understand why people who play it ‘correctly’ are so upset before rolling around in the nostalgia of the Resident Evil 2 remake. Alex has discovered his favorite Obsidian game since Fall Out New Vegas: Pillars of Eternity 2. It has pirates and turn base combat, what else do you need? Surprisingly few Game of Thrones spoilers this week, but there are a few, so be warned.

Alex has handed out homework so he, Chance and Chamberlain recount their favorite quests in games. Some are old, some are newer and at least one comes at the expense of all horde players on a specific server. Everything you have heard about Anthem is true, and them some: it is a sad game. And most of you have heard about Days Gone is not. There is a lot of game there, you just have to take the time to find it. Bonus points if you recognize the opening song. It is thematically relevant, I swear.

It’s been two weeks (and the Russo’s said it was okay) so it is Avengers Endgame spoiler time. Chamberlain pretends like he’s seen it, then reveals that he hates time travel as a plot device and violently proclaims that Back to the Future 3 is the best of the trilogy. Chance liked it at first, then didn’t like it later, then liked it again, then went back to Overwatch. And Alex went to go see a movie, saw a movie, had a good time, and makes no apologies for it.

There is a card shaped hole is Chamberlain’s heart. He has freed himself from the abusive rogue-like Slay the Spire and fallen in with the much friendlier Steamworld Quest. Chance has found himself unable to play action games after Sekiro so he has snuggled up to the comfortable ‘pretty good’ warmth of Days Gone. And Alex assures you that Avengers Endgame is three movies in one, that is works, and that Borderlands 2 is still fun to play while waiting for Borderlands 3.

This week Chamberlain can‘t wait to stop watching Kingdom Hearts III and play it, while he can’t wait to stop playing Mortal Kombat 11 and watch it. Sekiro has ruined Chance who had a disappointing time with Katana Zero and Cuphead (for different reasons). And Alex has firmly joined the church of Borderlands, having min-maxed Borderlands 2 to an absurd degree.

Chamberlain is impatiently waiting for Mortal Kombat 11. All he has to pass the time is the Kingdom Hearts 3 drinking game, a nameless bottle and potential liver problems. Chance is waiting for Alex to play Sekiro, which isn’t happening any time soon, so he has gone back to waiting for new Tracer skins, which is also not happening any time soon. And Alex is waiting for something to amuse him as much as Risk as Rain 2.

Chamberlain is strangely disappointed that The Walking Dead’s Final Season is not depressing enough. Take that as your spoiler warning. Chance has finished Sekiro which makes him cooler than most of you. And Alex has split his time between Risk of Rain 2 and teaching his bird to talk. Seriously.

Chamberlain loves you, the listeners, so much that he took two bullets for you this week. He finished Darksiders III, which you should not play, as well as Call of Cthulhu, which you also should not play. Chance deftly deflected those bullets, crushing Chamberlain’s poise, and spent his time getting to know Sekiro on a deeply personal level. And Alex spent all of his time being good at Risk of Rain 2, a surprisingly complete and functional early access title.

Ninjas appeared in the night and kidnapped Chance and Alex, forcing them to play Sekiro. They seem to be enjoying it, but that could be the katanas pointed at their backs. They at least got a better deal than Chamberlain who was kidnapped by a red headed Nephilim and forced to play the shambling corpse of game that is Darksiders III. He may not survive.

This week, the podcast is on time! Does it really matter what we talk about? Sure, Chamberlain finds small pleasures in Super Mario Bros Wii U Deluxe and Monster Boy and the Cursed Island, Alex confirms our belief that Ninja Theory’s DmC is a tremendous game and Chance is now internet famous for his Overwatch prowess, but you are listening to this episode at least 24 hours sooner than last week. It can’t get any better.

We apologize for the lateness of this week’s episode. Sometimes the tubes just don’t cooperate. Chamberlain slums it with Shadow Warrior 2, the B-est B game to every be a B game. Chance has purchased another AAA titles that he will play for a scant few days, this time it’s Devil May Cry 5. And Alex is a proud dad. Of a bird. No really. And just a few light Captain Marvel spoiler to round out the day.

Chamberlain would like to apologize for the distortion on his track, his mic may be dying, but that is not the only deviance from the norm this week. Crackdown 3 is not nearly as bad as you have been told. Ape Out is the equivalent of a college art film you watch once, sagely nod your head to, and then never look at again. Chance subverts his desire to play something like a Zelda game by actually playing a Zelda game. And Alex proves that Dead Space 2 will twist a player’s mind many years after the third game killed the series.

Chamberlain saw How to Train Your Dragon The Hidden World and remembers that it wasn’t bad, but that’s about it. He also declares Just Cause 4 much, much less than the sum of it parts. Chance introduces the new Overwatch hero and tries to convince everyone that he is not as OP as he sounds. And Alex is one step closer to buying a  bird to keep him company when he plays Resident Evil 2.

A Chamberlain and his money are soon parted, this time by the archaically terrible save system in Metro Exodus. An Alex makes much better use of his money by purchasing the next Civilization expansion. And maybe a bird. And a Chance rarely needs to part with his money, since Overwatch is always there. Unless a seasonal event is on and there are loot boxes to purchase.