Episode 10: Stray, Part 1

By Matthew Caron

I play the video game Stray, while telling stories about cats.

Corrections / Clarifications:

  • I conflated two things - Slylock Fox and Sly Cooper. It was Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus.

  • Controllers work better when charged. I kept having issues with mine because it was almost dead and kept turning off. Then I plugged it in and edited out all that fail, but I still make reference to it in the commentary.

  • I also was running it with neither “Presentation mode” set to on (disabling monitor power saving) nor the screensaver disabled, so the monitor would turn off after 15 minutes of me just using the controller. I’ve since added a wrapper script which sets those things so I don’t forget. I edited most of that out, but still occasionally reference that happening.

  • It turns out that the reason that I never saw Half the Sky and China Marines is because they never got made. They were proposed feature films for which Ron Cobb did some concept art.

Stray: https://annapurnainteractive.com/en/games/stray

ESRB: https://www.esrb.org/

Mortal Kombat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat

Mortal Kombat (controversy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Mortal_Kombat

Street Fighter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter

Cat Quest on switch: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/cat-quest-switch/

Jedi: Fallen Order: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order

Super Mario Bros. 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros._3

The 3D Mario game that I hate is Super Mario 3D world: https://supermario3dworld.nintendo.com/

Sly Cooper and the Thevious Racconus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_Cooper_and_the_Thievius_Raccoonus

Ratchet and Clank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_&_Clank

8BitDO Ultimate (Switch): https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-bluetooth-controller/

8BitDO Ultimate (2.4Ghz, Xbox button mapping): https://www.8bitdo.com/ultimate-2-wireless-controller/

Maine Coon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Coon

Fisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher_(animal)

Radio Locator Collars

Star Trekkin’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trekkin'

Dr. Demento: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento

Ode to Spot: https://www.startrek.com/news/ode-to-spot

Duffer Brothers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duffer_Brothers

Stranger Things: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/

John Carpenter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carpenter

Ron Cobb: https://www.roncobb.net/

Dan O’Bannon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O'Bannon

The Thing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/

The Last Starfighter: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/

Cray Supercomputers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray

Running Man: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/

Leviathan: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097737/

The Abyss: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/

Space Truckers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120199/

Recommendations:

Alien: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748

Dark Star: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945