July 23, 2015

PlayStation Blogcast 172: Hollow Fragment++

We have so much to talk about this week! Nick reflects on his long, personal journey with N++ and its impending (and anticipated) launch. Justin continues to obsess over Rocket League. Ryan is almost finished reading The Dark Tower. And Sid reveals a sauce recipe that’s not really a recipe. All this and more, so download and enjoy the show!

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Stuff We Talked About

Street Fighter V
Rocket League
N++
Tembo the Badass Elephant
Journey
PlayStation Vue
The Dark Tower
Sid’s Groceries

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The Cast

Sid Shuman – PlayStation Social Media Manager
Nick Suttner – PlayStation Account Support Manager
Justin Massongill – PlayStation Social Media Specialist
Ryan Clements – PlayStation Social Media Specialist

[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

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Ryan Clements
July 23, 2015 at 4:29 pm PDT

Enjoy the show!
Justin Massongill
July 23, 2015 at 4:41 pm PDT

ROCKET LEAGUE
- jgrizzle358
  July 23, 2015 at 4:47 pm PDT
  
  Don’t worry man, I got your back. Talk all you want about Rocket League and Final Fantasy. Both are awesome!
  
  Us Justins gotta stick together ;)
- bbswarrior_11
  July 23, 2015 at 10:19 pm PDT
  
  SERIOUSLY!!! The game´s so much fun.
Patchingko
July 23, 2015 at 5:15 pm PDT

Any sarse talk today? Guess I’ll have to listen to find out!
- jgrizzle358
  July 23, 2015 at 5:16 pm PDT
  
  It’s in the description “And Sid reveals a sauce recipe that’s not really a recipe.” :p
- bbswarrior_11
  July 23, 2015 at 10:19 pm PDT
  
  There´s never NOT sauce talk.. provided Sid is in. :)
sealum01
July 24, 2015 at 7:57 am PDT

The quote “.. the thing about Arsenal is, they always try to walk it in” is from an episode The IT Crowd! I guess I’m an ‘in the know listener’… What do I win?
- sealum01
  July 24, 2015 at 7:59 am PDT
  
  * from an episode of The IT Crowd..
- Justin Massongill
  July 24, 2015 at 12:17 pm PDT
  
  Woo! You win, uh… *rummages around*… this gif!
jrodfantastic
July 24, 2015 at 11:39 am PDT

Hey guys! Just a heads up. At about 50 minutes you play a voicemail from Ethan (if that is his real name). Anyway, the audio from this voicemail only plays through the right audio out.

I listen while at work through only one earbud, I though the blog cast stopped for awhile because all I heard was silence.

Keep up the great work fellas!
Kid_Loser
July 24, 2015 at 12:06 pm PDT

By the title I thought you guys were gonna talk about SAO: RE: “Hollow Fragment” which is coming next week for PS4. It’s cool though.
- Nerroth
  July 24, 2015 at 12:35 pm PDT
  
  Since Re:HF has been delayed to August 4, they’ll have another opportunity to talk about the game next week:
  
  http://gematsu.com/2015/07/sword-art-online-re-hollow-fragment-delayed-one-week
- Kid_Loser
  July 24, 2015 at 6:49 pm PDT
  
  Kind of scared me there Nerroth, but if you look at the comments they confirm from Bandai’s Twitter it’s just in Europe only for the delay not US. Thanks for the heads up though.
- Nerroth
  July 24, 2015 at 9:33 pm PDT
  
  Oh okay, well and good. Sorry for scaring the horses like that…
MakaiOokami
July 24, 2015 at 12:38 pm PDT

Remember Headplay? No one does.

I do. When I was going to buy it, the website has vanished and was only in the way back machine (website archival website)

If Morpheus is more than $300-400 dollars and if it doesn’t work like a HMD (Head mounted display) I.E. being unable to watch movies, or play games without disturbing others… (ah who am I kidding FFXIV is what I’ve been playing almost exclusively lately)

Imagine being able to hook up a Vita TV to the Morpheus and being able to play portable games, away from home, on a bigger field of view than you would have at home. Awesomeness.
Rpm2878
July 25, 2015 at 12:30 am PDT

Thank you for reading my comment (in this weeks feedback), even if no one could remember what it was referencing. Last week the Blogcast was talking about the “PLAY” promotion and Sid was trying to recall the word Quartet. He resorted to calling the group of games a foursome. Now I am immortalized for injecting unneeded snark. Keep up the good work.
P.S. I’m a fan and much less of a jerk than I come across as.
bbswarrior_11
July 25, 2015 at 2:18 pm PDT

You guys really crack me up. Awesome stuff once again.
BlueBl1zzard
July 26, 2015 at 11:59 am PDT

Another great episode, lots of funny moments especially Sid’s “hey Amazon, send me random stuff” grocery list.

Also, quick shout out to Squares which released on vita last Tuesday. It’s a simple, addicting, and challenging game where half of the fun comes from finding clever ways to quickly beat the levels (hint: you may wanna set your vita down on a table and use two hands for some). I say if you’re a fan of something like Smart As, Frobisher Says, or even Welcome Park, you’ll probably enjoy this as well (and it’s only 5 bucks!).

Finally, I’ll throw in a vote for the trivia idea. I remember a while back you guys tried to do something like that among yourselves and I was cracking up the whole way though!
cjkloster
July 27, 2015 at 6:15 pm PDT

Sid’s groceries are the new sauce. I can’t believe how amused I am by what’s in the box…
ZoSam32
July 28, 2015 at 7:56 am PDT

Great episode this week gents!