This sounds awesome. Most people on Live just goof around. Trolls are everywhere.
It seems like players on twitch have more conversations about games than the community on ps live or ustream.
I'm not saying I'm offended, or would be if I were in the same situation as the journalists watching a cutscene. I actually like horror genre media. I think with Dracula, or vampire lore there is some sexual thing going on with their killing/assaulting. So if Drac is doing this, then there is an immediate connection to sex when he kills. I think this is the connection Kat was making, that you are sympathising with the character doing these sorts of things who is also super awesome and badass, which makes a wierd combo. The dev even mentioned that there was internal issues at the company about removing the scene in question, so it probably bothered others as well. Maybe the connection to that "other" game she mentioned is a stretch, but I think she took issue with the way they were making it "feel really cool"! I don't know? Whatever?
I still prefer to believe in the magic of all the work that goes into the podcast.
You touched on a lot of issues that I feel have been sort of neglected on other podcasts I listen to due to end of year game awards and hype for new hardware. I should have been more informative with my questions I posted on my blog about topics to cover. Play to pay Betas, etc.
I think WiiU is the last console I will purchase for a long while. Im pretty satisfied with PC, WiiU and 3DS at the moment.
Great to see the podcast back though! 
Now this is a real award show! F U Polygon and giving Gone Home GOY?
I love the Castlevania series. I know the games in the past have violent or occult themes, but as the current gen moves closer to photorealism, representing these themes with current CGI might be too extreme. Maybe Kat Bailey felt uncomfortable with what she saw. She expressed that in her preview. She even asked the dev if they considered removing the scene from the game altogether. She has a lot of experience covering the game industry, so if she took issue with the way Konami is marketing this game then I think she's qualified to address it in her article.
This is the cover of the game she mentioned reminded her of Castlevania, I think
I'm not trying to white knight but she said this is what she was reminded of. All I want is castles and ghosts n things really. Lord of Shadows was too God of War for my liking anyway.
The good thing about gog is that they update the older games to be compatible with win7. I'm not sure that Steam always does this. I bough Star Wars Dark Forces, and I have no luck playing it in win 7. I like both services.
Thanks for joining. I need to get some community games going...
No, my list is much longer, but this is my immediate list. I didn't throw in 3DS, Vita or Steam games.
Thanks for the link. This is very useful.
Also on the GoT books, not sure if it's the books or show but it seems to me that Lady Stark setup a lot of the deaths by kidnapping the imp while Ned was in King Landing. She comes of really unlikable to me in the book. She seems more sympathetic on the show, but I feel like she tried to assert too much power and caused problems because of it for her whole family.
