Pokemon has lots of bugs... but it's good? (featuring Ethan Dean)

Ben and Steve are joined by former intern and now just regular ol' writer Ethan Dean for a discussion about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Welcome to Friendly Fire Show 221, Stevivor's long-running weekly video games podcast! Here's what our show covered this week: Welcome (0:00) Ethan's here (and his webcam may join him eventually...) (Yeah, sorry about whatever happened around the 4:30 mark...) Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (6:10) It's bad... but it's good? We talk the game’s performance / glitches / general lack of polish What parts of that do we think will be fixed? Aside from that, how’s the gameplay? This week in delays (46:40) Dead Island 2 delayed until 28 April Goodbye! (48:26) Ben's playing Kirby and is taking your handles on Hive Ethan's at @EthanDeanJourno on Twitter Here's Ethan's interview with Graeme from Devolver Steve doesn't know how to spell Mastodon He also reviewed The Devil in Me here and did some Marvel Midnight Suns interviews here We’re always keen for your feedback, so feel free to take to the comments area or social media #friendlyfireshow hashtag to let us know what you think of the show. You can also email podcast [at] stevivor [.] com with your direct feedback and questions. If you’re not subscribing to the Friendly Fire Show yet, you’ve got a couple options to correct that: Simply search for "Stevivor" on your podcast player of choice! Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Anchor.fm PocketCasts RSS feed YouTube Twitch Thanks for listening, and if you like the show, consider rating and reviewing our podcast on your platform of choice!