Social Link is Infinite Ammo’s gaming podcast, offering insight and poorly timed jokes.

After an unfortunate absence, we’ve got Alex back on the podcast, and we’re much better for it. No one can make metaphors for bad game design quite as well as he can. Luckily, Justin’s been playing some awful games this week, so Alex can showcase his skills. Will, our editor, joins us in a silent capacity.

Topics on the docket include the Big Boss butt-rendering capabilities of Konami’s Fox Engine; Steam Greenlight’s merits, faults, and goofiness; avoidance of the next Final Fantasy XIII game; and the prevalence of trance in Agricultural Simulator 2012.

Expect to see us on iTunes soon!

Intro Music: "Intro" by Slime Girls
Outro Music: "Who Just Walked In The Room" by Fatal Labyrinth (Justin Hutchison)
???: “Mickey Mouse March (Eurobeat Version)” by Domino, from The Best of Eurobeat Disney ~Non-Stop Megamix~

You can listen to the episode at the player below or download it here. 

You can find most of us on Twitter. Michael just uses Tumblr because he’s lame. Justin has one too.

• Arden - @ardenkehoe
• Alex - @AlexDJones
• Justin - @JayHitcher
• Will - @Pixel_Kaiser

Notes:

• This is what the Agricultural Simulator 2012 menu screen looks like. Yeah.
• The Fallout: New Vegas mods mentioned: Fellout (weather and lighting), Nevada Skies (weather and skyboxes), Electro-City (more light sources), Fake Fullscreen Mode (stability), and Tailor Maid (outfit customization).
• There’s a gallery of the El Shaddai jeans on the official Japanese site, here.
• Here’s the Never7 translation patch, if you’re interested in trying it.
• Sdatcher is a radio drama prequel to Hideo Kojima’s Snatcher, written by Suda51. You can listen to it with English subtitles here, thanks to Marc Laidlaw’s translation.
• The Black Mesa: Source dev team have a wiki documenting their development and the direction of the mod. I recommend checking it out.
• A Valve employee confirmed that downvotes don’t nullify upvotes in this forum thread, but they didn’t clarify on anything else downvotes do.
• The Broken Pixels: Lifeline video is fantastic.
• Rock Paper Shotgun did interviews with several independent developers on Steam Greenlight; it’s a great read.
• I have no idea who else cares about this, but here’s the full version of that Eurobeat Disney song.
• Some wonderful person has uploaded a few great Eurobeat Disney tracks to YouTube. Start with this “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” remix.
• SNK made an extensive series of dating sims for Japanese cell phones and the Nintendo DS featuring their characters, mostly ones from King of Fighters. It’s called Days of Memories, and Hardcore Gaming 101 has an excellent article on the full series (somewhat NSFW due to fanservice pictures).

Greenlight suggestions:

Arden:

• In Verbis Virtus by Indomitus Games
• The Intruder by Mister Royzo
• Folk Tale by Games Foundry
• Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves by Artifice Studios
• Miasmata by IonFx

Alex:

• Contrast by Compulsion Games
• Dream by HyperSloth
• Kenshi by Captain Deathbeard
• Octodad: Dadliest Catch by PTibz
• Richard & Alice by LewisDenby

Michael:

• Cry of Fear by ruMpel
• NEOTOKYO by Glasseater
• HEAVEN VARIANT by Zanrai Interactive
• Routine by Lunar Software
• Octodad: Dadliest Catch by PTibz

Justin:

• The Real Texas by psysal
• McPixel by Sow Sosowski
• Euro Truck Simulator 2 by SCS Software
• 1953 - KGB Unleashed by UIG
• Skyscraper Simulator by LAYERNET

Will:

• FRACT OSC by Phosfiend
• Chuck’s Challenge 3D by Niffler
• Incredipede by Colin Northway
• Richard & Alice by LewisDenby

The Sea Will Claim Everything by JonasKyratzes