The ending of Mass Effect 3 has left Bioware being showered in criticism, abuse, and cupcakes. With the impending departure of their founders and a decade of slow decline on the horizon, they're rushing to try and fix what they can of Commander Shepard's final hours.

This week we are joined by video game history expert Kevin Impellizeri of the podcast Scandalous Games https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780299

Follow him on Bluesky at @tierpargon.bsky.social and check out the companion Transformers rewatch show So We Were Talking About Beast Wars at https://open.spotify.com/show/66RwtCKRyxV3s5RlYEX5bS

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In the time it took to record and release this episode, several game studios have laid off staff while countless creative decisions have been made based on minimizing Gamer Rage. But not too long ago, those were both much less common occurrences in the world of gaming. Mass Effect 3 might not be the first time fan backlash and corporate decision-making have clashed online, but it's hard not to see Gamergate looming on the horizon when you look back at the conclusion of Commander Shepard's adventures.

This week we are joined by video game history expert Kevin Impellizeri of the podcast Scandalous Games https://www.buzzsprout.com/1780299

Follow him on Bluesky at @tierpargon.bsky.social and check out the companion Transformers rewatch show So We Were Talking About Beast Wars at https://open.spotify.com/show/66RwtCKRyxV3s5RlYEX5bS

Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker

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You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodMassEffect3Doc

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Winslow Dumaine - www.winslowdumaine.com/

Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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John Wood's custody battle over his amputated leg with local entrepreneur and fame hound Shannon Whisnant has escalated from feud between two local oddballs to an international piece of human interest. We finally get to see the foot. Judge Mathis is getting involved. This is still technically about a website, it counts.

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Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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Welcome to FootSmoker.com. Care to take a peek below the grill hood and see how this website got its name?

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Jay Brandstetter - linktr.ee/jaybrandstetter

Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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Years of updates to the Cinematic Mod have made Half-Life 2 almost unrecognizable. In part two, the resistance against the Combine forces take on their toughest obstacles yet: crowded level geometry, cluttered sight lines, and unsolicited pornography.

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Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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150 episodes, can you believe it? What better way to mark the occasion than talking about the world of horny video game mods! Specifically, the infamous Cinematic Mod for Half-Life 2. A German man spent his 40s lovingly adding everything Half-Life 2 needed to become a proper big American blockbuster: more rubble, more explosions, and Alyx Vance's polygonal cervix.

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Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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Selling independent media on the internet has always been difficult. With recent angst about the lack of success for indie game developers on platforms like Steam, we look back at one of 2016's most forgotten titles: Tuebor, a Michigan-themed cyberpunk shooter that struggled to maintain a double digit playerbase. Not even the Imgurian community could save this one.

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Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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We resume with Nathen losing Garfield and rebounding with Scooby-Doo. No, I didn't get this podcast mixed up with my AO3 account; We're entering the wonderful world of third party licensing!

Winslow's recording got a little rough in the back half, we did our best to recover it but he still sounds a little robotic.

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Produced and Edited by:

Steve Brown - linktr.ee/killhamster

Intro and Outro music is "in failure" by steveisbroke off of their album "steve and his week of wonders", used with permission. https://steveisbroke.bandcamp.com/album/steve-and-his-week-of-wonders

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