Ep. 05: Toaster Bath

Video games have not always featured stories. When we go back and look at the very first games in the arcade and on home computers, stories were an afterthought if they were even thought of at all. Eventually Stories would worm their way into arcade games in primitive form and with the advent of the home console market, stories began becoming more and more integrated into game development. Eventually they would become the norm especially with the rise in popularity of the RPG genre. It does seem, however, that in recent memory, stories have become slightly less in favor with the general populous. Games such as Fortnite and other battle royale type games, Rocket League, Fall Guys, and Among Us have taken the world by storm. Twitch, the world’s premier video game streaming site, seemingly pushes these titles as well. It is becoming increasingly more obvious that single player narrative based games are being slowly phased from public consciousness and that’s what we intend to talk about today. In this episode the boys also talk about some anime in the form of Pokemon Journeys and Digimon Last Evolution. Josh brings us up to date on a couple of horror films he has watched as part of his month long horror movie bonanza, as well as his preliminary thoughts on The Haunting Of Bly Manor. Austin gushes just a little about Persona 5 Royal and Dylan talks about how much fun he's having going through Pokemon Shield again! There's also the boy's picks of the week as well as some exciting podcast updates! As always you can find us on social media for all things Culture Bop, Hunting Pixels, and the Culture Bop family of content. Culture Bop: Twitter - @Culture_Bop , Instagram - @culture_bop , Facebook - @TheCultureBop Hunting Pixels: Twitter - @PixelsHunting , Instagram - @hunting_pixelscb Josh: Twitter - @TheBebopman182 , Instagram - @bebopman182 Dylan: Twitter - @OMDizzy , Instagram - @omdizzy Austin: Twitter - @kakashi6ix9ine0 , Instagram - @bigpappastephens_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.