Let’s Weekend #57 – 2016 Calendar-Burning Party

by Filippo Dinolfo | 0 Comments | 31 Dec 2016

On the last episode of Let’s Weekend for the year we big 2016 a ‘fond’ farewell. We also take a look at the upcoming PS+ and GWG games and look over a bit more gaming news.

12/30/2016 Show Notes

Intro
What Are We Up To?
- F: The Lies of Locke Lamora. The Grand Tour. Treating myself to some records.
- P: FFXIV, fighting games, actually pleased to get a bill from the IRS.
- B: FFXV, reading, keeping warm
- C: Die Hard, Castlevania: SotN, Trackmania, American Truck Sim
- D: Batman, Oxenfree, looking for my HDMI splitter, Fucking around with Steam
Brandon’s Random Factoid
Asshole of the Year: 2016 itself? Yes.
- RIP Carrie Fisher, her mom Debbie Reynolds, and George Michael
Hero of the Year: SpaceX and the new Space Race
DT’s The Astonishing gets novelization by one of Brandon’s fav authors.
January 2017’s PS+ and GWG lineups
Frog Fractions 2 has finally surfaced
The anime prequel to Gravity Rush 2 is now live
Oda: SNK “making all kinds of things” for 2017
Capcom’s Ayano: Big plans for Street Fighter’s 30th Anniversary
Arc System Works sets Double Dragon IV for a shotgun PS4/PC launch January 30th
Naoki Yoshida details Final Fantasy XIV’s immediate future at JP FanFest
- 3.5: The Far Edge of Fate, Part 1 – January 17th
  - Concludes something of a “bridge arc” that has gone on since 3.3.
  - Battle with Zuvran, last of the Warring Triad
    - Old-school FFVI players called him “Poltrgeist”.
  - Garo crossover content
    - The armor is a Gold Saucer reward, mount for achievements.
    - P: I figure Hell Knight as the 2nd new job would be too much…
- 3.55: The Far Edge of Fate, Part 2 – March
  - Last stop for PS3 players, but the free PS4 upgrade promo is back.
- 4.0: Stormblood – June 20th
  - Ala Mhigo’s debut as a playable territory
    - P: This probably warrants a summary of just what Ala Mhigo is.
  - The worst kept secret yet: Red Mage
  - New beast tribe, the Ananta, and their patron primal Lakshmi
  - One more new job still to come
  - Return to Ivalice raid
    - Does this make Ivalice a neighboring continent to Eorzea?
    - P: I figure they’ll do more in Ivalice if subscriptions ever slide.
  - Return of Nobuo Uematsu to Final Fantasy
  - Collectors Edition focusing on Final Fantasy V goods
Frederator is making a new animated series based on an unnamed classic video game
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