The Co-optional Podcast

Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/7gncfm/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_197_ft_skillup_strong/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with SkillUp for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: November 28th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:00:45 Australia 00:01:57 We're old 00:05:29 Battlechef Brigade 00:07:51 Total War 2 00:18:09 Orwell 00:24:21 Her Story 00:28:21 Wolfenstein 2 00:31:40 Assassin's Creed Origins 00:47:08 Welcome back to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:59:35 Animal Crossing Debt Simulator 01:00:17 Jackbox with old people 01:07:37 Hidden Agenda 01:10:04 Star Wars Battlefront 2 01:14:25 Marvel Heroes dead 02:11:10 PUBG Mobile 02:12:48 Nintendo offers in-game power-ups in cereal boxes 02:14:51 Releases 02:18:36 --------- SkillUp https://www.youtube.com/skillup https://twitter.com/SkillUpYT Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/7f0fbr/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_196_ft_cry_strong/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Cry for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: November 22nd, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:00:45 Net Neutrality 00:03:54 Battlerite 00:17:40 Atlas Reactor 00:32:35 Total War Warhammer 2 00:39:40 Hand of Fate 2 00:51:51 Battle Chef Brigade 01:02:30 Reigns 01:11:40 Battlefront 2 01:18:30 Wolfenstein 2 01:31:00 Super Mario Odyssey 01:40:35 PvZ Zombies dev fired for objecting to Pay2Win 01:51:42 Clicker Heroes changing business model 02:00:00 Steam's review system 02:06:13 Releases 02:14:44 --------- Cry https://www.youtube.com/user/ChaoticMonki https://twitter.com/crywastaken?lang=en Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/7de1or/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_195_strong_language/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse bring you this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: November 14th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:00:44 South Park 00:02:23 This anime boobs thing 00:13:13 Hand of Fate 2 00:19:10 Destiny 2 00:35:03 MMOs 00:45:40 ShoutCraft Kings Promo 00:49:48 Welcome back 00:50:59 Phone Destroyer 00:52:22 Assassin's Creed: Origins 00:59:34 Clank! 01:05:03 Triple Agent 01:10:34 Simulacra 01:15:20 Orville 01:18:54 Boardgames 01:20:47 Warframe 01:25:35 Lootboxes 01:28:22 SC2 F2P 01:49:24 CoD 01:55:58 Releases 02:03:42 --------- Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off! Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/7btz06/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_194_ft_incontrol_strong/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with iNcontroL for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: November 7th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:01:00 The land down under 00:04:36 Tiddlywinks 00:07:52 Back to Australia 00:09:48 The internet 00:14:00 PAX Australia 00:15:12 Florence 00:16:35 Rumu 00:18:24 Hand of Fate 2 00:19:58 Total War Warhammer 2 00:33:22 Civ 6 00:39:01 XCOM 2 00:44:10 Destiny 2 00:48:30 Warframe and Destiny 2 00:52:33 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 01:04:26 Opus Magnum 01:09:12 Ruiner 01:16:04 Jackbox Party Pack 4 01:20:45 Triple Agent 01:27:57 Jackbox Party Pack 4 01:29:21 Wolfenstein 2 01:30:22 Call of Duty WW2 01:36:57 Darkest Dungeon 01:44:59 Super Mario Odyssey 01:49:00 Blizzcon 01:54:30 Releases 02:32:21 --------- iNcontroL https://twitter.com/incontroltv?lang=en https://go.twitch.tv/incontroltv Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off! Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/78wsr2/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_193_live_from_dodgers/ TotalBiscuit joins Dodger for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: October 24th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:01:02 Hurrr mic 00:02:10 TwitchCon 00:03:32 Warframe 00:08:40 TwitchCon 00:15:03 High Hell 00:46:03 Total War: Warhammer 2 00:47:55 Survived by 00:51:16 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 00:54:50 TwitchCon 00:58:18 Triple Agent 01:14:59 Captain Sonar 01:19:41 Werewolf 01:22:52 Genre Evolution 01:27:39 Destiny 2 01:29:25 South Park 01:32:58 NeoGAF dead? 01:35:29 BattleNet Updates 01:41:13 Releases 01:44:08 --------- Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/77g9q8/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_192_ft_crendor_strong/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Crendor for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: October 17th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:00:45 Visceral shuts down 00:03:22 Shadow of War 00:07:44 Evil Within 2 00:30:10 Hat in Time 00:43:45 Welcome back to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:56:59 Cuphead 00:59:47 South Park 01:06:11 Axiom Mod 01:19:19 Tooth and Tail 01:25:57 TV 01:33:40 Battlefront 2 01:42:23 Yonder 01:45:11 Humble acquired by IGN 01:47:25 Activision's microtransaction matchmaking 01:59:05 ESRB doesn't consider lootboxes gambling 02:06:52 Riot co-founders going back to making games 02:15:20 Overwatch Junkerstein 02:16:20 Denuvo broken 02:17:41 Releases 02:19:20 --------- Crendor https://twitter.com/crendor https://www.youtube.com/user/wowcrendor Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off! Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/75ywqo/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_191_ft_joseph_anderson/ TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Joseph Anderson for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: October 10th, 2017 Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:01:00 Lootboxes 00:03:06 Star Wars Battlefront 2 00:14:51 Battle Royale 00:34:37 Hob 00:40:23 Ruiner 00:44:15 Cuphead 00:49:42 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 00:56:07 A Hat in Time 01:00:41 Battlechasers 01:08:54 Batman: Enemy Within 01:27:45 Middle-Earth: Shadow of War 01:32:39 Road Redemption 01:40:27 XCOM: War of the Chosen 01:44:42 Starcraft 2 Arcade Upgrade 01:49:50 Difficulty in games again 1:54:46 Jurassic Park Game 01:59:51 Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries 02:01:00 Releases 02:05:43 --------- Joseph Anderson https://twitter.com/jph_anderson https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyhnYIvIKK_--PiJXCMKxQQ Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/74gyv6/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_190_ft_andrea_rene/ Discussion topics: Swag 00:06:40 Quack 00:09:40 Indies on Switch 00:11:46 Golf Story 00:14:13 Trademarks 00:23:46 Cuphead 00:30:03 Welcome back to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:48:42 Another Lost Phone 00:51:19 Destiny 2 00:54:41 Prey 01:06:25 Ruiner 01:08:08 XCOM 2: War of the Chosen 01:14:06 Let Them Come 01:19:59 A Hat in Time 01:25:14 Hob 01:28:43 Call of Duty WW2 01:34:24 Nintendo YouTube Partner 01:46:25 Fortnite BR 1m players 02:12:00 BlizzCon Schedule 02:18:30 Releases 02:32:52 Thanks for Watching 02:49:43 TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Andrea Rene for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: October 3rd, 2017 --------- Andrea Rene https://www.youtube.com/user/blssm01 https://twitter.com/andrearene Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

Visit http://www.squarespace.com/cooptional for a free trial and 10% off! Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/731bow/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_189_ft_simon_miller/ Discussion topics: Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:01:01 History 00:02:11 Jaffa Cake Controversy 00:03:11 Wrestling 00:07:38 Videogames 00:11:13 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT 00:13:29 Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 00:25:05 The First Tree 00:39:35 Another lost phone 00:43:25 Cat Quest 00:51:38 This episode is brought to you by Squarespace 00:55:49 Ruiner 00:58:52 Mario Odyssey 01:05:15 Wolfenstein 2 01:08:11 Autoage: Stand Off 01:13:48 Fortnite: Battle Royale 01:16:30 Heat Signature 01:29:09 Total War: Warhammer 2 01:32:41 NBA 2K18 01:42:06 Shadow of War Charity DLC 01:48:43 SAG-AFTRA Voice Actor Strike 01:53:48 PUBG Bluehole 02:01:01 Game development and transparency 02:16:35 Releases 02:29:44 TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Simon Miller for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: September 26th, 2017 --------- Simon Miller https://twitter.com/simonmiller316 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5YhP-H5snGgi6dOE8vj-aA Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit

This episode is sponsored by Audible - Go to http://www.audible.com/cynical for your free 30 day trial. Audible paid us to promote their product. Listen to the show to find out some of our recommendations. Support Julian, the podcast animator: http://www.patreon.com/cooptionalanimation Discuss the podcast on our official subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/71ik31/the_cooptional_podcast_ep_188_ft_force_gaming/ Discussion topics: Welcome to the Co-Optional Podcast 00:00:45 Star Wars tat 00:03:41 Rifftrax 00:07:28 Little Kite 00:09:33 The Witch's Isle 00:13:07 PUBG 00:15:31 Hand of the Gods 00:27:20 PUBG 00:28:21 Lawbreakers 00:34:13 Dishonored: Death of the Outsider 00:35:19 Divinity: Original Sin 2 00:44:03 Audible Recommendations 00:55:04 Welcome back to the Co-Optional Podcast 01:01:22 Destiny 2 01:03:27 Lootboxes 01:18:27 Total War: Warhammer 2 01:22:15 Inquisitor 01:30:06 The Letter 01:32:47 Warriors All Stars 01:38:00 Overwatch 01:40:44 Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 01:44:12 Iron Marines 01:55:05 Nintendo Direct 01:58:35 Tokyo Game Show 02:05:04 Review-bombing 02:10:26 TV 02:25:02 Releases 02:26:39 TotalBiscuit, Dodger and Jesse sit down with Force Gaming for this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast. Enjoy! Original air date: September 19th, 2017 --------- Force https://twitter.com/forcestrategy https://www.youtube.com/user/ForceSC2strategy Dodger https://twitter.com/dexbonus https://www.youtube.com/user/presshearttocontinue Jesse Cox https://twitter.com/JesseCox https://www.youtube.com/user/OMFGCata --------- Thanks for watching The Co-Optional Podcast! Follow TotalBiscuit on Twitter: http://twitter.com/totalbiscuit Follow CynicalBrit on Twitter for video updates: http://twitter.com/cynicalbrit Follow our Facebook page for announcements: http://facebook.com/cynicalbrit