The Breakdown of Gamer Toxicity | Ep 18

The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Background, Breakdown, & Retcon

In this episode, Shelby and Bryar break down The Lost World: Jurassic Park, a badass dino movie from the late 90's. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 1:24 - Opening 1:49 - The Amory 2:17  - Writers Room: 2:36 - Deep Impact 2:49 - Top Positive Review 3:33 - Top Negative Review 3:54 - What did Bryar & Shelby think? 4:54 - There and Back Again 4:55  - Chapter One: Wrong Island for a Picnic 5:07 - Maybe don’t let your kids wander? 5:34 - Enter, Malcolm 5:50 - Tim and Lex! 7:30 - The new leader of InGen 8:00 - Chapter Two: The Island of five deaths 12:00 - Ian finds Sarah 13:00 - Jaded Malcolm vs Career Malcolm 15:25 - Kelly the stow-a-way 16:13 - They forced Malcolm to be bad w/ Tech 18:40 - The cavalry arrives 23:15 - Rowland finds some T-Rex prints 23:20 - Please, don’t taze the animals 24:30 - Don’t take a baby T-Rex, ever. 28:40 - Please, don’t hurt the animals either… 30:00 - Everyone freaks out that a baby T-Rex is there 32:52 - The T-Rex parents attack 36:30 - Eddie is the MVP of the story 40:00 - If the dino’s don’t get ya, the rope will 41:30 - Chapter Three: The Other Headquarters 43:40 - Rowland asks Sarah if she’s ok 44:41 - The Compy gets backup 52:00  - No one knew what the T-Rex was hunting 54:40 - The rain attacks the Fitch residence 56:20 - Retcon Air ruins its first relationship! 57:30 - Would you rather a snake or a T-Rex bite? 58:57 - The third rule of Dino hunting… 1:00:00 - The Raptors!! 1:03:18 - They send a message for help 1:05:30 - The Raptors attack 1:08:49 - Nick stole the bullets!! 1:10:10 - The rumored deleted scenes 1:11:08   - Chapter Four: Welcome to America! 1:11:07 - Ludlow does press conferences 1:11:30 - The ship nails the docking 1:12:50 - Where the flip is the T-Rax Baby? 1:15:10 - Baby Rex is back on the ship 1:16:10 - Daddy Rex trains Baby Rex in the art of death 1:19:47 - Life uh...finds a way 1:19:58 -  If We Could Retcon 1:20:09  - What would Shelby Retcon? 1:23:00 - What would Bryar Retcon? 1:27:59 - Final thoughts 1:29:30 - Closing

The Breakdown of Gamer Toxicity | Ep 18

In our first collaborative roundtable, we cover the background, breakdown, and suggested solutions to Gamer Toxicity. Special thanks to Sami and Jett from the Color Me Geeked Podcast for joining us! Check them out via @ColorMeGeeked. Table of Contents: 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Meet Sami and Jett from Color Me Geeked! 4:14 - Background on Bryar and Devon 5:53 - Chapter One: Your Toxic Gamer Stories 6:30 - Chris Chris Chris writes in with a solution 6:47 - Angie shares her toxic experience 7:10 - Sami shares her toxic experience 8:02 - Rei shares her toxic experience 8:35 - Matt shares his Call of Duty toxic experience 9:08 - Dominic shares his toxic experience 9:35 - Issaic shares his Black Ops toxic experience 10:24 - Bryar shares his toxic experiences 11:01 - Jett shares his toxic experiences 13:04 - Devon shares his toxic experiences 15:03 - Chapter Two: Social Media Gamer Toxicity 15:36 - Jett’s research into toxicity online 21:20 - Gaming does not need to center around a white male protagonist 21:45 - Characters we identify and click with 28:28 - With Peter Parker’s redesigned face on PS5 affect our ability to enjoy Spider-Man’s upgrade 27:39 - Chapter Three: In Store Gamer Toxicity 28:48 - The forthcoming supply and demand issues on Black Friday 34:00 - Some of the best parts of working in retail 37:06 - The different types of Toxic Shoppers 37:52 - How some men just refuse to accept information from women 42:00 - Does the difficulty you play on dedicate your level of gaming? 42:18 - A listener requested to be left anonymous, but wrote in about toxicity 50:00 - What do you have to do to prove you’re a gamer? 51:44 - A story from a female former GameStop Employee 53:00 - When we’ll let our kids play online 54:25 - The parental responsibility of raising kids to game properly online 56:30 - Bryar shares his favorite toxic child stories 58:57 - Stop dropping your kids off in stores 1:00:07 - The importance of ESRB Ratings in video games 1:02:01 - The Console Wars 1:07:29 - What version of the PS5 is the most valuable? 1:16:00 - How spoiled are modern gamers? 1:24:00 - Chapter Four: The Toxic Online Gaming Community 1:25:00 - Bryar’s introduction to online gaming toxicity was on the Xbox 360 1:26:30 - The early days of Battlefield’s online community 1:27:50 - The early days of Halo 1:29:40 - The early days of Call of Duty 1:30:02 - There is an ESRB rating for a reason 1:30:59 - The role parents play in online toxicity 1:32:43 - Practicing swear words 1:39:30 - The escalation of violence in video games 1:42:32 - How is the online gaming community today? 1:46:20 - Devon’s Toxic Rocket League story 1:47:40 - Bryar’s experience with Final Fantasy Online 1:52:28 - Rei has considered starting her own female only gamer community 2:01:41 - Chapter Five: Fixing the Online Toxicity Problem 2:02:10 - Jett kicks off how he’d fix gamer toxicity 2:06:11 - How Sami would fix gamer toxicity 2:07:46 - How Bryar would fix gamer toxicity 2:17:37 - How Devon would fix gamer toxicity 2:39:29 - Closing 2:40:11 - How to find the Color Me Geeked Podcast

If we could Retcon Enola Holmes | EP 17

In this episode, Shelby and Bryar break down Enola Holmes, the new movie available on Netflix about the Sister of Sherlock Holmes.  Table of Contents 0:00 - Intro 1:46 - The Amory: 2:45 - Writers Room: 3:08 - Deep Impact: 3:26 - Top Positive Review: 4:27 - Top Negative Review: 6:58 - There and Back Again: 7:06 - Synopsis 9:00 - Spoiler Warning 11:00 - Chapter One: What must be done about Enola? 12:30 - Headmistress by name...headmistress by reputation 14:02 - Enola goes through her mother's keepsakes 18:30 - Chapter Two: The next Holmes and Watson 20:08 - Bryar and Shelby almost battle over the script 25:38 - Mycroft finds Enola 31:30 - Enola’s badass corkscrew attack 34:03 - Chapter Three: Big Holmes and Little Holmes 37:09 - Will Tewkesbury become Enola’s new Watson? 39:20 - Sherlock agree’s to take Enola as his Ward 40:50 - The cliffhanger for the sequel 41:20 - If We Could Retcon 41:23 - What did Bryar think? 41:35 - What did Shelby think? 42:37 - What would Shelby Retcon? 44:13 - What would Bryar Retcon? 49:05 - Closing

If we could retcon God of War (2018)

In this video, Devon and Bryar breakdown God of War, the breakout reboot from Sony Santa Monica Studios released in 2018 on PlayStation 4. #GodofWar #GodOfWar2018 #PlayStationPodcast Table of Contents 0:00 - Intro 1:37 - The loss of Chadwick Boseman 3:04 - 43 seconds of Silence for Chadwick Boseman 3:47 - Our Condolences to the Boseman family, and his friends. We’re so sorry for your loss. 4:02 - The Amory: What we’re playing 5:03 - Why you should chill the flip out about Marvel’s Avengers Microtransactions 11:13 - Writers Room: Who wrote/developed the project 11:30 - Who wrote God of War? 14:27 - The game development of God of War 14:34 - The incredible combat design of the Leviathan Axe 16:47 - Official apology for name butchery 17:47 - Deep Impact 17:54 - The last great E3 was in 2016 - https://youtu.be/hPcuMRTkEdQ [https://youtu.be/hPcuMRTkEdQ] 20:54 - Bryar has never given a shit about E3 :( 22:00 - The boys lament about scratched PS2 Discs 23:30 - Devon always thought E3 was the Nerd equivalent of the Super Bowl 23:56 - A quick mention of the 2018 PlayStation E3 Showcase 24:50 - Reviews for God of War 25:42 - Top Positive Review for God of War from Giant Bomb 26:24 - Top Negative Review for God of War from “Mindurbidness” 28:46 - What did we think about the reboot? 28:55 - Bryar’s thoughts on God of War 29:22 - Devon’s thoughts on God of War 32:12 - The evolution of Kratos from the Orgies of Yesteryear - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xwz6sm3FmY [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xwz6sm3FmY] 33:49 - Devon’s overconfidence in the God of War difficulty mode 34:00 - God of War proves how you can do New Game Plus correctly 35:25 - There and Back Again 35:32 - God of War Synopsis 36:29 - Chapter One: Can You Hunt? 38:42 - The Krato’s combat in God of War vs Thro’s combat in Marvel’s Avengers 39:00 - Kratos vs Baldur: Round One 40:32 - Seeing the World Serpent would have been game over for most people. 42:00 - Pigs aren’t just for archery practice 43:41 - The set design of the turtle treehouse 46:28 - What would you have done if you went up the wrong mountain? 48:20 - Mimir, has joined the Party! 50:31 - Chapter Two: You, Me, and the Severed Head Make three. 51:00 - Mimir is revived and reveals the identity of Freya 52:16 - The toll that combat takes on Atreus 52:50 - The biggest “Fuck Yeah” moment of God of War 55:20 - Kratos heads to Helheim for a key ingredient 58:00 - Kratos tells Atreus that he is, in fact, a Demi-God 58:18 - What would you do if you found out you were a Demi-God? 1:01:10 - Thor blames Magni’s death on Modi 1:02:04 - Atreus is a chip off of the old block 1:07:01 - Chapter Three: New God on the Block 1:07:10 - Kratos and Atreus mend fences 1:08:11 - Baulder beats them out of Jourmangander 1:08:03 - Baulders many mommy issues 1:10:00 - The prophecy of Atreus and Kratos 1:10:52 - Kaptain Kuba’s interpretation 1:12:10 - Devon’s theory on the mural’s meaning 1:13:20 - Bryar’s theory on the mural’s meaning 1:15:34 - The twist on Faye’s origin 1:16:24 - Loki Begins 1:16:40 - The MCU ruined Norse mythology research 1:17:22 - Mimir explains the three-years-long Fimbulwinter 1:18:25 - Kratos and Atreus make it home 1:20:04 - Atreus’ vision of Thor 1:20:38 - God of War Ends: Can Atreus see the future? 1:20:51 - If We Could Retcon God of War 1:21:17 - Community feedback - DarkEagle Gaming feedback 1:22:48 - What Bryar would change 1:29:27 - What Devon would change 1:34:00 - Closing

If we could Preview & Review Marvel's Avengers Open Beta | Ep 15

In this video, Devon and Bryar preview and review Marvel's Avengers Open Beta on the PlayStation 4. We share a bunch of gameplay, some tips for your first run in the game, a ton of community feedback, and more! #MarvelsAvengersBeta #MarvelsAvengersGame #PlayStation *** Catch the show on: Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/retcon-air-the-plotline-repair-1044376 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4NVWW8ehjvAxHE3R9XcfOC?si=kgCb8MHcRbC7-uuHZI7TIQ iTunes : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retcon-air-the-plotline-repair-podcast/id1493345494 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/retcon-air-the-plotline-repair-podcast iHeart Media: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-retcon-air-the-plotline-re-57469482/ *** Table of Contents: 0:00 - Intro 3:32 - What was our First Impression when we saw the Teaser Trailer? 4:00 - Most of Bryar’s initial hate, was to spite Devon 5:50 - Devon’s first thoughts on Marvel’s Avengers 7:25 - Marvel’s MCU Character Designs and Brand Identity 8:55 - How differently Bryar and Devon feel after spending time w/ the Crystal Dynamics version 11:40 - Spider-Man becomes exclusive to PlayStation 16:22 - Doesn’t every company have Exclusive characters? 18:06 - Would someone like Adam Warlock cause Bryar to buy the Xbox version? 21:00 - Devon Predicts Marvel’s Avengers will break sales records because everyone will buy it regardless of what they say online 21:30 - Rating/Reviewing before the release of a game is like giving feedback on a restaurant after only eating their bread. 22:35 - What was Bryar’s first impression of the Marvel’s Avengers Beta 23:00 - How Thor handles in the game 23:24 - Learning to love The Hulk 23:56 - Part of the fun of Marvel’s Avengers, is watching how much fun other people are having while they’re playing it 24:42 - Flying as Iron man in Marvel’s Avengers 25:30 - Learning to pace Hulks Bounce 26:20 - The depth of the combat and traversal system 27:20 - Black Widow’s combat system is fantastic 28:40 - Captain America’s variation and strengths 29:10 - Playing as Kamala Khan 31:25 - Communication and beta access 34:30 - Devon’s initial feeling when going through the A-Day Sequence 35:30 - Playing as Kamala was a blast. 39:45 - Community feedback! 40:58 - Carlos AKA Chedi27 writes in about the combat system 42:31 - Josh aka Buckfuddr writes in about negative review bombing 47:18 - Devon thinks you should be able to assign commands to the A.I. companions. Hold, attack, retrieve, and more. 48:30 - Jonathan aka Vicious_Heals writes in about Kamala, play styles, and Synergy. 50:10 - Should you be able to turn on “Friendly Fire”? 51:05 - The issues with matchmaking during Marvel’s Avengers Beta 53:02 - The references to team buffs 55:30 - Awesome that you can play alone w/ A.I. 57:39 - Is the in-game map hidden? 1:00:48 - James writes in about Black Widow’s grapple hook and Matchmaking 1:05:35 - Bryar was surprised that the servers didn’t crash and that the gameplay was so fluid 1:07:00 - Bryar would like to see the gear pieces reflect in the final game 1:08:12 - The loot system is very similar to Destiny 1:10:50 - Should you be able to play as four of the same Avenger in H.A.R.M. rooms? 1:16:25 - Devon’s theory on where Captain America is and what he wants after unlocking him 1:18:49 - Final thoughts and Closing