Hosts Liz & Aaron discuss cooperative video / board games and examine the joys and sorrows of gaming and relationships! New episodes every other Tuesday.
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March 27, 2024
<p>Liz and Aaron strap in for some bug-blastin' action with Helldivers 2! Sure, you shoot bugs, destroy automatons, and spread managed democracy, but is it a good cooperative game? Does it past the COFI test? SPOILER: If you listen to this episode you will find out! PLUS: Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor isn't a co-op game but we're enthralled with it anyway!</p><p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong></p><ul><li>0:00 - Aaron's Co-Ops Podcast Notes</li><li>4:34 - Theme Music + Intro</li><li>7:20 - A new intro for the COFI analysis.</li><li>8:50 - When Friendly Fire is hilarious.</li><li>13:50 - Accessibility measures for playing online</li><li>16:35 - How the VO reinforces the satire of the game</li><li>17:28 - War Of The Wards</li><li>20:45 - The user-friendly nature of Helldivers' warbonds</li><li>24:01 - Framing things as a win for democracy</li><li>25:35 - Calling in stratagems</li><li>29:46 - Teammates' barks help players succeed</li><li>33:50 - Ripley chimes in.</li><li>35:00 - Joel, the one behind it all.</li><li>35:38 - Is this a good game to play on a first date?</li><li>38:30 - So, Co-Ops recommended?</li><li>40:25 - Deep! Rock! Galactic! SURVIVOR!</li><li>45:45 - A shoutout to FF7: Rebirth</li></ul><p>--- Join other Co-Ops fans and talk about games by joining the Hoodie Weather Discord by clicking this link --> https://bit.ly/HoodieWeatherDiscord </p><p><strong>About The Co-Operatives Podcast</strong></p><p>--- Subscribe to The Co-Operatives by heading to <a href="ListenToTheCoOps.com">ListenToTheCoOps.com</a>! (or use our RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/9xRUL1ta)</p><p>--- Reach out to The Co-Operatives by tweeting to the Hoodie Weather account @about60degrees on Twitter or e-mailing us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. Got a game you'd like us to try? LET US KNOW! </p><p>--- If you feel like being super nice, leave us a review on iTunes! It would mean the world to us! Every review lets others know you enjoyed the episode and helps the show grow! </p><p>--- Want more Co-Operatives? Then check out our archives for a bunch of episodes that cover cooperative board and video games, dating, and plenty of other nonsense.</p><p><strong>About Hoodie Weather</strong></p><p>--- Hoodie Weather is the little company Aaron founded to make games and fun stuff like The Co-Operatives. You can see all of Hoodie Weather's projects at www.hoodieweather.fun</p><p>//////</p><p>Times we had to stop because the dog was giving opinions: 3</p>
February 1, 2024
<p>We're back, we had a baby, we adopted a dog, and we played a lot of games. Let's do this.</p><p><strong>About The Co-Operatives Podcast</strong></p><p>--- Subscribe to The Co-Operatives by heading to <a href="ListenToTheCoOps.com">ListenToTheCoOps.com</a>! (or use our RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/9xRUL1ta)</p><p>--- Reach out to The Co-Operatives by tweeting to the Hoodie Weather account @about60degrees on Twitter or e-mailing us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. Got a game you'd like us to try? LET US KNOW! </p><p>--- If you feel like being super nice, leave us a review on iTunes! It would mean the world to us! Every review lets others know you enjoyed the episode and helps the show grow! </p><p>--- Want more Co-Operatives? Then check out our archives for a bunch of episodes that cover cooperative board and video games, dating, and plenty of other nonsense.</p><p><strong>About Hoodie Weather</strong></p><p>--- Hoodie Weather is the little company Aaron founded to make games and fun stuff like The Co-Operatives. You can see all of Hoodie Weather's projects at www.hoodieweather.fun</p>
November 29, 2022
<p>Aaron & Liz try to find the table space to contain this week's lightweight co-op card game: Bandito! PLUS: Sam Barlow is back with Immortality and y'all gotta try this game but we can't tell you anything about it.</p><p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong></p><ul><li>0:00 - Opening</li><li>1:50 - Intro song!</li><li>2:13 - Bandido!</li><li>3:05 - What IS Bandido?</li><li>6:30 - The lightweight nature of Bandido (for better or worse.)</li><li>10:25 - Using expansions to expand the weight of the game.</li><li>13:00 - The emotions we encountered with Bandito games going long...</li><li>17:00 - The Ko-Fi Test!</li><li>22:20 - OK, but what about Immortality?</li><li>25:30 - TRYING to explain the story without giving anything away.</li><li>27:05 - Why this single-player game SHOULD be played as a co-op!</li><li>28:15 - The massive dedication to the aesthetic in Immortality's films.</li><li>29:30 - Content warnings and spooky stuff!</li><li>33:35 - A final compliment for Immortality...</li><li>34:15 - Outro and goodbyesss!</li></ul><p>--- Join other Co-Ops fans and talk about games by joining the Hoodie Weather Discord by clicking this link --> https://bit.ly/HoodieWeatherDiscord </p><p><strong>About Bandido</strong></p><ul><li>Visit the Board Game Geek page for Bandido here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191925/bandido</li><li>Visit the Publisher's website here: https://helvetiq.com/ch_de/bandido</li></ul><p><strong>About The Co-Operatives Podcast</strong></p><p>--- Subscribe to The Co-Operatives by heading to <a href="ListenToTheCoOps.com">ListenToTheCoOps.com</a>! (or use our RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/9xRUL1ta)</p><p>--- Reach out to The Co-Operatives by tweeting to the Hoodie Weather account @about60degrees on Twitter or e-mailing us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. Got a game you'd like us to try? LET US KNOW! </p><p>--- If you feel like being super nice, leave us a review on iTunes! It would mean the world to us! Every review lets others know you enjoyed the episode and helps the show grow! </p><p>--- Want more Co-Operatives? Then check out our archives for a bunch of episodes that cover cooperative board and video games, dating, and plenty of other nonsense.</p><p><strong>About Hoodie Weather</strong></p><p>--- Hoodie Weather is the little company Aaron founded to make games and fun stuff like The Co-Operatives. You can see all of Hoodie Weather's projects at www.hoodieweather.fun</p>
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