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!

TIMESTAMPS:

• 0:00 - Aaron's Co-Ops Podcast Notes
• 4:34 - Theme Music + Intro
• 7:20 - A new intro for the COFI analysis.
• 8:50 - When Friendly Fire is hilarious.
• 13:50 - Accessibility measures for playing online
• 16:35 - How the VO reinforces the satire of the game
• 17:28 - War Of The Wards
• 20:45 - The user-friendly nature of Helldivers' warbonds
• 24:01 - Framing things as a win for democracy
• 25:35 - Calling in stratagems
• 29:46 - Teammates' barks help players succeed
• 33:50 - Ripley chimes in.
• 35:00 - Joel, the one behind it all.
• 35:38 - Is this a good game to play on a first date?
• 38:30 - So, Co-Ops recommended?
• 40:25 - Deep! Rock! Galactic! SURVIVOR!
• 45:45 - A shoutout to FF7: Rebirth

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--- 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.

About Hoodie Weather

--- 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

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Times we had to stop because the dog was giving opinions: 3

We're back, we had a baby, we adopted a dog, and we played a lot of games. Let's do this.

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About Hoodie Weather

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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.

TIMESTAMPS:

• 0:00 - Opening
• 1:50 - Intro song!
• 2:13 - Bandido!
• 3:05 - What IS Bandido?
• 6:30 - The lightweight nature of Bandido (for better or worse.)
• 10:25 - Using expansions to expand the weight of the game.
• 13:00 - The emotions we encountered with Bandito games going long...
• 17:00 - The Ko-Fi Test!
• 22:20 - OK, but what about Immortality?
• 25:30 - TRYING to explain the story without giving anything away.
• 27:05 - Why this single-player game SHOULD be played as a co-op!
• 28:15 - The massive dedication to the aesthetic in Immortality's films.
• 29:30 - Content warnings and spooky stuff!
• 33:35 - A final compliment for Immortality...
• 34:15 - Outro and goodbyesss!

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About Bandido

• Visit the Board Game Geek page for Bandido here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191925/bandido
• Visit the Publisher's website here: https://helvetiq.com/ch_de/bandido

About The Co-Operatives Podcast

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--- 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.

About Hoodie Weather

--- 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