FLAVOR TEXT: Completing Video Games

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Picture this. You've dedicated hundreds of your limited hours of existence exclusively to The Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wild. You've cleaned out every one of the 120 shrines, you've maxed out your health and stamina, and you've found the most rare and powerful weapons. Moreover, you've explored every inch of the map and have literally overturned each and every stone in order to find all 900 Korok seeds--most of which didn't even provide material gain. But, you did it. You have done all of the things and have seen all the stuff. As you nab that 900th Korok seed, you breath a sigh of relief, saying quietly to yourself: "It's over."

Triumphantly, you rush to the NPC character who originally set you off on this quest, wondering to yourself what kind of reward could possibly be in store? Maybe some super cool armor or overpowered weapon? Maybe an extra shrine or dungeon or something? You eagerly wait for the Korok's fun and silly dance to conclude, soberly aware this will be the last time you may ever see this dance because you are definitely never going to do this again. The Korok leader tells you "here is your reward", and you get the new item prompt--only to show that you've just been handed a golden piece of poop. That's right. You combed the vast expanse of the Hyrule wastes in order to find all these dang Korok seeds just to receive a big ol' turd. You shrug a bit and ask yourself, "OK, what's next?"

What makes people compulsively explore every corner and check every box in a video game? Why do we always feel like we -have- to get all the achievements and get all the collectables to see the TRUE ending? Today, we explore that innate desire to 100% video games.

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FLAVOR TEXT: Halo

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Buckle yourself in for the Great Journey as we talk about Spartan IIs, Forerunners, Sticky Grenades, the Flood, Prometheans, SPNKRS, a brief stint experimenting with dual wielding mechanics, and punching the Prophet of Regret in his stupid alien face. That's right, today we're doing our deep dive into the Halo series in our latest FLAVOR TEXT.

With Halo: Infinite just released, it's time to brush up on 7 games worth of deep, intergalactic space lore following the origins of life in the Halo universe, the creation of Spartan IIs, details of what the Halos actually are (and are not!) and ending with some guesses as to the plot of Halo: Infinite. Spoiler: Todd was only partially correct.

Link to "I read every Halo novel and became the Master Chief of loneliness”: https://youtu.be/WEWEdIcx1DI

Special thanks to "mgrum54," aspiring bearer of the Mantle of Responsibility and member of #buttthwompnation for commissioning today's episode! If you want to commission your own FLAVOR TEXT, check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/debatethiscast.

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Ep. 76: Forged In A Ding Dang Hellfire

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The suits at Discovery Ploose were so jealous that we were the only podcast talking about the Disney+ shows that they approached us to record an exclusive videogame-themed episode of History Channel's Forged in Fire. Don't ask them, just trust us. It's totally legit and definitely part of the FiF canon. Definitely.

Speaking of premium streaming services, how about those MCU shows? There's so gosh darned many of them coming out that you'd need to take a part-time job learning all of the through-lines. Well fear no more dear listener, the crew at Debate This! is here for you with a weekly recap podcast breaking down every character and mysterious Easter eggs. Check out The Ploose Is Loose! available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other podcatcher apps.

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Episode 70: Muscle Confusion by Thrustmaster

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Aww dang is it Christmas already?? Well, we WOULD have gone shopping but we've all been sitting on this Disney investor call since Thanksgiving waiting for Black Widow news so it looks like we're gonna have to wing it again this year! We drew each other's names in the DT!HQ office Secret Santa, and now you have to experience atrocities such as the CTA Wii Bowling Boll, the PlayOn Game Boat, and the expertly-titled Thrustmaster Fragmaster.

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Episode 65: All Quiet On the Western Face

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The Spooktacular Express is back for its third annual spooooopy voyage! Come in and find your seat, get your ticket punched, and then don the complimentary VR headset that will be waiting for you on your seat. Your in-ride entertainment during this first leg of the journey will be 1 of 3 FULLY IMMERSIVE spooky virtual reality experiences. Survive a harrowing climb up a forbidden mountain in Ice Climber, where your next meal may be your last. Experience the horrors of war first-hand in Call of Duty, a historically-accurate retrospective of life on the front lines of World War II. Or, you can trek across the cartoony plains collecting floating puzzle pieces representing your fragmented soul trapped in a low-poly purgatory with Banjo-Kazooie.

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Episode 58: Real-Time Orphan-Ground Strategy (ft Zak Schneider)

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Every villain is the hero of their own story. This week, we're flipping the script to place some of the most classic video game villains in the protagonist's seat. What would it play like to hunt Link with Ganon's army? How different would Bioshock be if you instead played as Andrew Ryan? The answer, apparently, is an incredibly crunchy RTS.

For more of Zak, check out Around the Monitor on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and streaming live on Twitch. You can find the latest news and discussion on all things gaming and a wealth of video essays on unique topics like the atmospheric music found in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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Episode 55: Let the Ka-Bodies Hit the Floor

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With the whole world being stuck at home for whatever reason and sports just, like, not happening, we decided to go some good for once and bring you three of the best lesser-known sports that you can play right now in your backyard. And to stick with the format of our podcast we turned said lesser-known sports into video games. Get ready to carry your partner like a human backpack, furiously whack at a reinforced two-by-four, and chanting "Kabaddi" while you tackle your friends until they pass out!

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Episode 54: The Fourth Dimension is Fear

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Games like Mario Kart and Action Girlz Racing go zoom, zoom, zoom, and that makes our hearts go boom, boom, boom. This week has us turning beloved franchises and also Seaman into Painfully Elaborate racing titles. And if you don't already see the almost-lifelike face of the Dreamcast's grumpy, misogynist man-fish before you go to sleep at night, you sure will now.

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Episode 52: Everything Changed After the Chili Wars

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Too often we've witnessed countless whirlwind romances take flight atop the Empire State Building and have watched too many supervillains blow up the Golden Gate Bridge. It's time for other lesser-known American cities to get their time in the spotlight. And so the head engineers at Debate This! Games, Ltd. are designing some of the cities in which we've lived into the next greatest AAA video game. Yinz guys want to drive Crazy Taxi-style dahn the Parkway? How about an open-world RPG themed around independent chili vendors? And is Daytona Beach just its own version of a zombie apocalypse?

Debate This! is a dumb show where grown men yell at each other over video games and comics. Check out more of our incessant arguments at debatethiscast.com and keep the conversation going by following us on social media @debatethiscast.

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Episode 31: The Waaahmazing Whimsy of Wario and Waluigi

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From Dinosaur Blade Runner to CG hedgehogs with real human teeth, we here at Debate This! unequivocally love when video games get adapted to other things. So this week, we’re asking what video game could be the next great cinematic masterpiece. Will it be the anime-esque adventures of Monster Hunter, the hilariously unoriginal space-pirate-ninja drama from Blood Wake, or the very smelly misadventures of Nintendo’s dirty boys Wario and Waluigi?

Debate This! is going on the road...kind of! Come see us at CORGS-Con on Saturday, June 1, at the Makoy Center in Hilliard, OH. We’ll be hanging out and giving away free merch!

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