Episode 39: The Mushy Stuff

Published: Feb. 9, 2014, 5 a.m.

b"Howdy folks! Julian here again. It's close to Valentine's Day, or Single Awareness Day as I like to call it. Last year, Patrick came up with a very smart, high-brow topic, but this year I decided to be super uninspired and talk about romance in vidya games. Join us, will you?\\nWe have JD as a special guest to talk about his recent game jam, but Angelo kicks things off with his hate/less hate relationship with Kingdom Hearts. It's a good intro, because it turns out that Angelo has a block of ice where normal people keep their hearts! Patrick joined a LAN (or is that land?) party, and I've been cuddling up with my 3DS lately.\\nWe then move on to the subject of love, romance, and all of that mushy stuff in games. We bring up some of the power couples such as Eddie Riggs and Ophelia, Tidus and Yuna, and The Prince and Elika. Angelo has some choice words for BioWare games, but he's entitled to his wrong opinion. I kid! I kid! JD talks about how Mass Effect helped him through some personal romantic issues he had, and Patrick holds a special place in his heart (container) for Link and Zelda.\\nWe wrap things up by talking about our most epic fails with romance, as well as getting a little bit creepy by coming up with the virtual characters we'd like to date if they were real. Is this episode in desperate need of a woman's touch? Absolutely!\\nFEATURED MUSIC:\\nNightwish: Slow, Love, Slow\\nThe New York Dolls: We're All in Love\\nGarth Brooks: The Red Strokes\\nThe Pretty Reckless: Make Me Wanna Die\\nThe Darkness: I Believe in a Thing Called Love"