The Co-Optional Podcast Ep. 116 ft. Ashens [strong language] - March 24, 2016

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TotalBiscuit, Strippin and Jesse Cox create a farce with legendary Youtuber and author of "Terrible old videogames you've probably never heard of", Ashens. on this episode of the Co-Optional Podcast! Buy your copy on Amazon or at a good bookshop. Not the Kindle version though, that's a bit pants, this has pictures and stuff.
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Now discussing: Aliens for Amstrad 00:11:20
Now discussing: Licking 00:14:00
Now discussing: Bloodborne 00:15:40
Now discussing: Star Realms 00:16:20
Now discussing: SUPERHOT 00:19:30
Now discussing: Shadowrun Hong Kong 00:21:40
Now discussing: Clash Royale 00:24:40
Now discussing: Jesses terrible work ethic 00:28:50
Now discussing: Master of Orion 00:29:20
Now discussing: Oxenfree 00:37:00
Now discussing: ARGs 00:48:40
Welcome back to the Co-optional Podcast 00:58:20
Now discussing: Some old online game 00:59:40
Now discussing: Biscuits 01:03:00
Now discussing: The AA 12 01:09:50
Now discussing: Moonhunters 01:13:10
Now discussing: CYOA 01:18:50
Now discussing: Interactive Fiction 01:24:50
Now discussing: Roguelikes 01:28:40
Now discussing: Sheltered 01:36:30
Now discussing: Battleborn 01:40:40
Welcome back to the Co-optional Podcast 01:57:20
Now discussing: Pokken 01:58:30
Now discussing: Powerstone 02:07:10
Now discussing: Dreamcast 02:14:20
Now discussing: Dark Souls 3 02:26:30
Now discussing: NX? 02:35:40
Now discussing: Lawsuit thing 02:43:20
Now discussing: Playstation 4.5 02:45:40
Now discussing: Our stuff 02:52:40

Original air date: March 24th, 2016 - Now I know what you're thinking. "DIDN'T YOU SAY IT TOOK 2 DAYS TO GET THE VOD OUT?! WHY DID YOU LIE?!". Normally it does. Due to my schedule, the process involves the raw footage going out to my editor, getting fixed up, edited, polished and released at an appropriate time. There are a lot of things that can go wrong. Sometimes they don't, in which case yes, the vod could have been up that day, but setting that expectation means that every time we fail, people complain. The 2 day delay is primary a safety net for when the vod does have problems like audio desync, missing footage etc (which happens more often than we'd like or it should). I personally cut and encoded this myself, encoded it at a much faster, potentially lower quality rate and uploaded it immediately. Yeah I know, you're gonna say thats not hard. You're right, it's not particularly hard, but it is exhausting for me after an already exhausting show. It takes time away that I could and should be spending with my family, it screws up my schedule completely, it locks down my upstream for ages. There's a reason for the way we do things. This time around we had to take a risk to get the show up in time for the sponsors requirements. We were very very lucky that nothing went wrong, as has a tendency to happen in live shows. Anyway, enjoy the show, we appreciate your viewership and hope you had fun. This was one of my favourite shows to date I think.