You Can Inspirit Enemies in Super Mario Odyssey

Podcast regulars Rishi Alwani and Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to talk about Sony at Paris Games Week, Call of Duty: World War II, Nintendo’s financials, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, and Ashes Cricket. In the second half of this episode, pop culture nerds Akhil Arora and Roydon Cerejo join in to talk about Thor: Ragnarok.

Sony at Paris Games Week

• No release dates for games


• Indie game announcements


• Guacamelee, Spelunky 2


• Sucker Punch’s first game since InFamous: Second Son


• Low-key announcements


• Did the Xbox One X launch influence this?

Call of Duty: World War II

• Early retail copies available


• Why Activision has failed to stop that


• Single player campaign locked behind massive download


• Why this is a bad precedent


• How Activision can fix this

Nintendo’s recent announcements

• Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp


• Why this game will succeed


• The pitfalls of being a Nintendo fan in india


• Nintendo Switch success story


• Online service for Switch


• Games coming to Switch in 2018


• Hardware iterations we want for Switch

Ashes Cricket

• Release date


• India price


• Why the game won’t sell at that price


• What’s a good price for Ashes Cricket


• What to expect from the game


• Big Bash League mobile game

Thor: Ragnarok

• Marvel Cinematic Universe


• Where this movie fits in


• Which movies you need to watch for context


• Director Watiti’s take on an MCU movie


• Character development


• Self-effacing humour


• One-dimensional combat sequences


• Our favourite characters and moments


• Visual effects


• What’s next in the MCU

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.