This week, on a very special Nerds Without Pants: JD joins the crew and puts Julian on the therapist’s couch to try to get to the bottom of his deep-rooted issues with multiplayer. Spoiler alert: there’s more going on here than not wanting to be called names by a 14 year old.
CONSUMPTION JUNCTION
3:15 Tales of Xillia 2; annoying release schedules; Destiny; Super Smash Bros. 3DS
15:12 Hyrule Warriors; manic chickens;
25:40 Patrick’s throat disease; more Destiny; Fez
37:50 Shadow of Mordor; DuckTales Remastered
50:40 Julian’s tales of Diablo 3 triumph and tribulation
59:45 Comic roundup: Future’s End; Amazing Spider-Man; Trees
TOPIC: Play With Me
1:09:00 Julian’s anxiety; everyone’s intro into multiplayer; MOAR Destiny
1:31:00 The difference between FPS and fighting game skills; that stress of competitive multiplayer
1:47:45 Meeting cool people online; early MMO memories
1:57:20 Favorite multiplayer moments
FEATURED MUSIC
Sammy Hagar- I Can’t Drive 55
Palette Swap Ninja-Halo (This is all I Play Oh)
Aimee Mann- One
Lene- Play With Me
Thank you for the reminder that I really need to go grab the newest issue of Trees before it disappears.
HAHAHAHAHA @ the image. The choice is obvious.
I too prefer fighters to shooters in multiplayer. However, I would not be competitive online at either. The main reason that preference exists for me is that I always know what's happening in fighters. I still have trouble navigating large 3D maps in shooters.
Enjoyed the Multiplayer anxiety topic. Glad i'm not alone. I've been playing MMO's (mostly solo) for years and I still can't shake the anxiety I feel when grouping for dugeon instances. I think it's mostly that fear of screwing something up, which is silly but does have merit. The other thing is time constraint. I have a family and I can't dedicate hours to something, as someone mentioned in the podcast. So I don't play MMO's much these days ;). But I do like how Rift and now FFXIV borrowed the public quest system Warhammer introduced. I need more nerdy friends...
You and me both! I had a great group of nerdy friends that I played Pathfinder with, but it all went south and I don't talk to them anymore. I'm glad you could relate to the show. Really felt like I put myself out there and was alone in the wind, since the episode seemed to be a total dud.