The Weekly Stuff #422 – PS Plus News, Anime Talk, Vampire Survivors, and Jonathan Talks About Save Mechanics in Video Games

<p>It’s a stuff-heavy episode this week as Sean and Jonathan talk about the latest <i>Genshin Impact </i>update, talk about anime they’ve been watching – including the news that <i>Attack on Titan </i>is continuing its ‘Final Season’ to a third and actually final part next year – and discuss the news that PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now will soon be combining into three separate, confusingly-named tiers, the upside of which is finally getting backwards compatible games on PS5. Sean also sings the praises of indie sensation <i>Vampire Survivors </i>on PC, and Jonathan shares a talk he gave at this year’s Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference on how save mechanics in video games can be used to enhance player immersion. It’s academic, but hopefully of interest to podcast listeners. </p><p><strong>Time Chart:</strong></p><p>Intro: 0:00:00 – 0:07:00</p><p><i>Attack on Titan </i>(no spoilers): 0:07:00 – 0:12:31</p><p><i>Genshin Impact</i>: 0:12:31 – 0:24:20</p><p><i>Little Witch Academia</i>: 0:24:20 – 0:47:30</p><p><i>Vampire Survivors: </i>0:47:30 – 0:58:58</p><p>PS Plus News: 0:58:58 – 1:22:08</p><p>Jonathan Talks Save Mechanics in Games: 1:22:08 – 1:47:23 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBqje0qmCVn0WkCXJzckaA"><strong>Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/weeklysuitgundam"><strong>Subscribe to the WEEKLY SUIT GUNDAM Podcast!</strong></a></p><p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wgtc-radio-we-got-this-covered/id535584943"><strong>Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JonathanLack"><strong>Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/SeanTheChapman"><strong>Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!</strong></a></p><p> </p>