Vectormen Podcast

Author: Vectormen

Estd. 2020. We review the games weve played, the gaming news weve read, and whatever weeb trashery comes to mind.
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As Tears Glisten The Robot’s Shell - VECTORMEN - Episode #64
Episode 64
Monday, 26 May, 2025

AKA “Rat Cat Monkey Griffin Cryptid”, “Elevated Mind Peers,” “The Land-Crushing Robot Whose Heart Broke That Day,” “The Metaphors Come Tumbling Down,” “The Narcissism of Small Differences,” “A Democratic Unified Nation of Racists”—Hosted by Lee Brady (leebrady.bsky.social // truetrophies.com) and Lawrence (vm-lawrence.bsky.social)Music by Lee BradyListen to more episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and all good podcast providers (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vectormen)—Segments: (00:25) — Lawrence plays The Last Guardian(02:45) — Is this good? / Animal Lovers Delight In Trico(10:05) — Really, the boy is the problem(12:30) — Spoiler-Free Story Time / The Death by Newbery Medal problem (and a brief diatribe in how Ghost of Tsushima got around it)(23:37) — The Last Guardian’s Technical / Length issues(30:57) — It’s called what in Japanese??(33:54) — Lawrence’s obligatory platinum trophy-unlocking braggardry cubbyhole(38:36) — It’s a little too easy to sound negative about games like this, so to be clear, The Last Guardian is cool(41:59) — Lee plays Metaphor ReFantazio(48:27) — Expectations vs Reality(53:18) — “Metaphor is the Earthboundification of Persona”(01:01:36) — Metaphor’s story (spoiler-free) in a nutshell (and a brief aside about Neil Druckmann)(01:10:11) — A long way of saying that it's harder to get attached to fantasy characters(01:30:21) — Final Thoughts: Lee stands with the racists of Metaphor ReFantazio(01:35:20) — Don’t be beta men; BE VECTORMEN—Send us your thoughts! E-mail: vectormenpodcast@gmail.comTwitch: twitch.com/VectormenLive