Episode 5: Frostpunk, Destiny 2 and Middle Earth (Shadow of War)

"Bringin a lion-" - Brendan "To a cat cafe!" - Adam

> *"Gap year Vampires"*-Adam
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## Description

An episode outside of an era, on this episode Adam is back from Los Angeles and, given how hot it is, He, Brendan, and Pip decide to pick out a game that is Amazingly Chilly, which sounds like a Best Of... episode premise if you were to ask me...

## Synopsis

Adam of the RPS podcast crew returns from E3 and we interrogate him about the games he's played, including Destiny 2, Frostpunk and Middle Earth: Shadow of War.

We've also had time to play blood-spattered expansion for Darkest Dungeon and dusty survival RPG Kenshi, as well as catch up on sad GTA V news. On top of that, we see the return of our patch notes quiz, Patch Adam! This time: Dwarf Fortress.

Links:

Frostpunk’s steamy city in the snow teased: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/frostpunks-steamy-city-in-the-snow-teased
Destiny 2’s combat is punchy, kinetic joy: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/destiny-2-singleplayer-preview-pc
Middle Earth: Shadow of War casts a shadow over the open world genre: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/mordor-casts-a-shadow-over-the-open-world-genre
GTA V modding tool OpenIV shut down by legal threat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/grand-theft-auto-iv-mod-tool-openiv-shut-down
Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court expansion released: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/darkest-dungeon-the-crimson-court-released
Darkest Dungeon review: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/darkest-dungeon-review
Premature Evaluation: Kenshi: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/kenshi-review-early-access
Dwarf Fortress patch notes: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Every PC game announced or trailered at E3: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/e3-2017-pc-games

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## Sections

* Frostpunk
* Destiny 2
* Middle Eart: Shadow of War
* GTA V modding mess
* Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court
* Kenshi
* Patch Adam, feat Dwarf Fortress

## today i feel like making a comprehensive list of media mentioned in passing:

A short list of chilly games:

* The Long Dark
* Near Death
* Skyrim (with a lot of survival mods that make the game feel colder than usual

After than we move right into the regular sections:

* Frostpunk
* Snowpiercer, a movie I've been meaning to watch for far too long.
* This War of Mine
* Touching the Void
* 127 Hours
* Children of Men
* Destiny 1
* Destiny 2
* Call of Duty, but only the way Call of Duty think it is.
* Halo
* Sunday Morning Cartoons
* Middle Eart: Shadow of War
* Middle Eart: Shadow of Mordor
* Football Hooligans
* FarCry
* Assassins' Creed
* The Art of Combat? The Arc of combat? The Act Silent Combat? not sure what Adam was talkin' about here
* Lord Of The Rings
* Warhammer 40.000
* Total War
* The Silmarillion
* The GTA Universe, who is angry
* GTA IV
* GTA V
* Darkest Dungeon
* Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court
* *Lovecraftian Stuff*
* Kenshi
* Wurm Oniline
* Mountain & Blade
* Great Expectations
* Fallout
* Caves of Quid

## Notable Quotes

* *"Is like Children of Men, the game"*- Brendan
* *"Does it manage to make The Lord Of The Rings interesting?"*- Pip
* *"This is exactly what four teenagers would do with my work"*- J. R. R. Tolkien, speaking thru Adam
* *"We should move on to modern times, 'cause E3 was ages ago"*- Adam in a time when E3 still existed
* *"Bringing a hammer to a sandwich fight"*-Pip
* *"Bringin a lion-"*- Brendan *"To a cat cafe!"*- Adam
* *"Gap year Vampires"*- Adam
* *"This is actually my Mastermind subject"*- Adam
* *"I'm so worried about you, Bredan"*- Adam (et al?)