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Evaludate Episode 106: The Jonkler (Zenn Sorfield of even if Tempest, Part 4)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate: The bad endings in this game are kind of Odd, huh; Zenn continues to be an impossible act to follow, sorry Lucien; Anastasia goes to Chicago - and: what if Batman was Princess Tutu?

Content Warnings:

Anti-Black Racism: 10:31 - 11:38

Suicide: 37:51 - 40:16 , 1:06:50 - 1:07:36

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Additionally, we have decided to move our twitter presence to bluesky. You can find us at https://bsky.app/profile/evaludate.bsky.social

Good evening! We have updated the blog with a dedication Episode Navigation page, so you can more easily browse all of our episodes and access our series tags. For mobile users, we've added a link to the page to our pinned post.

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Good evening! We have updated the blog with a dedication Episode Navigation page, so you can more easily browse all of our episodes and access our series tags. For mobile users, we've added a link to the page to our pinned post.

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[Image Description: A mockup of a light novel titled "Trapped in Another World, I Became the Heroine's Undying Accomplice in the Witch's Wicked Game", featuring Zenn and Anastasia on the front cover, and Ish, The Witch of Ruin, on the back cover. END ID.]

(Back cover text under the cut at the bottom of the post)

Good afternoon, lovely listeners! Today we are continuing and hopefully completing our discussion of the Zenn route of even if Tempest. If you have any questions for us, please reply here or send us an ask!

"Who Wants To Live Forever. . .? Zenn Sorfield was living his dream as a starting player for the Chicago Bulls when he was pulled from The Windy City into the kingdom of Hystorica--a fantastic place whose citizens live in fear of the machinations of witches and their omnipotent human tools: the murderous Membra.

Although Zenn attempts to steer clear of witches and their ilk as he builds a new life for himself, he finds his life turned on its head once more when his new world goes back in time not once, but twice, following the tragic and suspicious execution of the eldest prince's fiancee, Anastasia Lynzel.

At his lowest moment, he is offered a deal from Ish, the so-called Witch of Ruin: So long as he doesn't involve himself in the Game that Ish is playing with Anastasia, the Witch will find a way to return him to his own world.

It seems like a no-brainer. Zenn wants nothing to do with their dispute, and he is suspicious of Anastasia's actions, anyway. But, this supposed heroine continues to approach him, and Zenn begins to wonder if Anastasia Lynzel is truly the Witch he thought her to be. . ."

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Evaludate Episode 105: Red is Niceys (Zenn Sorfield of even if Tempest, part 3)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate: Lucien is really bad at Among Us, Mael goes directly on our shit list, Anastasia and Zenn continue to be the world's biggest sweeties, and we successfully frame Crius for murder (Yay?).

Content Warnings:

Discussion of Anti-Black Racism: 11:39 - 14:45, 17:12 - 18:18

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[Image Description: A tweet from the user oafworld on twitter imposed over in-game portraits of Anastasia and Zenn from even if Tempest. Anastasia is smiling confidently, and Zenn appears exasperated. The tweet reads: "boyfriend gets upset if i say i'm gonna kill myself so now i add "and then i come back to life"". END ID.]

Good evening, lovely listeners! Today we are continuing our discussion of the Zenn route of even if Tempest. If you have any questions for us, please reply here or send us an ask!

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Wish I Was A Baller (Zenn Sorfield of Even If Tempest, Part 2)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate, we wish we could forget about all this murder-witch nonsense and play a game of HORSE with our best friend Zenn, Lucien can't be the cool one for two seconds, and Madelyn fails to frame Crius for murder.

Content Warnings: The subject of capital punishment/the death penalty comes up in this episode. In light of recent tragic events, we feel it's necessary to warn listeners that while the event doesn't come up in the episode (this was recorded prior), the subject of capital punishment is discussed.

Suicide: 19:26 - 20:02, 36:24 - 36:42, 45:55 - 46:27

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Editing is basically done, so the episode should go up tomorrow evening after I timestamp it. I apologize for the long wait!

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[Video Description: an even if Tempest “AMV” created using Windows Movie Maker 2012 and intentionally exported at a lower resolution to create stuttering and lower quality images. The AMV plays over a segment of the song It's Gonna Be Me, by the band N*SYNC. It opens with an opening credits message reading: “Even if Tempest SPOILERS!! WATCH AT UR OWN RISK NO FLAMES PLZ”, followed by a second opening credits message reading: "FOR REAL SPOILERS I MEAN IT!!!" and continues by panning and zooming over CGs from the Crius, Tyril, and primarily, Zenn routes of Even If Tempest. The video ends with credits reading “GAME evne if tempest SONG its gonna be me nsync editign xX3v4lud4t3Xx I OWN NOTHIBG!!!!!!!!!!!!!” End Video Description.]

Good afternoon, lovely listeners! Tomorrow, we will be recording our next episode on the Zenn route of Even If Tempest. We thought it might make things a bit easier on everyone's schedules to just have the announcement posted ahead of time. If you have any questions about the best boy in the game, his route, or the game as a whole, please reply here or send us an ask!

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[Video Description: an even if Tempest “AMV” created using Windows Movie Maker 2012 and intentionally exported at a lower resolution to create stuttering and lower quality images. The AMV plays over a segment of the song It's Gonna Be Me, by the band N*SYNC. It opens with an opening credits message reading: “Even if Tempest SPOILERS!! WATCH AT UR OWN RISK NO FLAMES PLZ”, followed by a second opening credits message reading: "FOR REAL SPOILERS I MEAN IT!!!" and continues by panning and zooming over CGs from the Crius, Tyril, and primarily, Zenn routes of Even If Tempest. The video ends with credits reading “GAME evne if tempest SONG its gonna be me nsync editign xX3v4lud4t3Xx I OWN NOTHIBG!!!!!!!!!!!!!” End Video Description.]

Good afternoon, lovely listeners! Tomorrow, we will be recording our next episode on the Zenn route of Even If Tempest. We thought it might make things a bit easier on everyone's schedules to just have the announcement posted ahead of time. If you have any questions about the best boy in the game, his route, or the game as a whole, please reply here or send us an ask!

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We're hoping to record this week, if our schedules line up. Fingers crossed!

Hey! Sorry for the delay in the next episode; we've both had some stuff come up IRL that is limiting our available recording time, but we will try to get it going as soon as possible!

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Hey! Sorry for the delay in the next episode; we've both had some stuff come up IRL that is limiting our available recording time, but we will try to get it going as soon as possible!

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Evaludate Episode 103: You Wouldn't Know Digimon (Zenn Sorfield of even if Tempest, Part 1)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate, Air and Madelyn start the indisputable Best Route In The Game (<- Objective Fact), very suddenly learn important info about Zenn from an unlikely source, and are probably too amped about homicide for a podcast that signs off with "don't date murderboys". Also: love is real.

Content Warnings:

Suicide: 37:46 -38:00, 40:15 - 44:19

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Evaludate Episode 103: You Wouldn't Know Digimon (Zenn Sorfield of even if Tempest, Part 1)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate, Air and Madelyn start the indisputable Best Route In The Game (<- Objective Fact), very suddenly learn important info about Zenn from an unlikely source, and are probably too amped about homicide for a podcast that signs off with "don't date murderboys". Also: love is real.

Content Warnings:

Suicide: 37:46 -38:00, 40:15 - 44:19

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[Image Description: A crudely drawn four panel comic with the hair of even if Tempest characters Anastasia Lynzel and Zenn Sorfield pasted onto the comic characters. In the first panel, Anastasia smiles and holds up a brick while Zenn grimaces down at it. Anastasia says, "QUICKLY smash my head with this brick". In the second panel, Anastasia smiles at Zenn who is now holding the brick, still grimacing. In the third panel, Anastasia's face is completely obscured as Zenn smashes the brick into it. In the final panel, Anastasia lies supine, with the brick lying on her face, as Zenn gazes down at her with a frown. The panel is captioned: "the bonds of friendship have never been stronger." END ID.]

Good afternoon, lovely listeners! Today we're beginning our discussion of Number One Best Boy Zenn Sorfield's route. If you have any questions about him, his route, or even if Tempest as a whole, please reply here or send us an ask!

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Previously when you've mentioned that you'll probably never review Cupid Parasite and as someone halfway through the game I couldn't understand. Yeah your vagues are all valid reasons not to want to play the game but I would have really liked to have seen your opinion on the game's... Weird relationship with amatonmativity and the concept of romance as a whole.

Now I'm at the climax of Jupiter route and all I can say is that this sucks, it sucks so bad oh my god I'd never subject that to anyone what the hell

Oh man, I can't remember all of our reasons for not wanting to play that we actually discussed on an episode though I'm sure we touched on religious reasons (Air) and intersex reasons (Madelyn (Me, hi!)).

I believe we had initially decided not to play it for the podcast because of those afore-mentioned religious reasons for Air, but I had planned to play it on my own time, and it was learning about the intersex character and the writing surrounding them that made me write it off completely even for personal pastime.

It was disappointing for me, too! Everything I'd heard about the plot and the way it handled romance made me so curious to experience it myself but for me, personally, it's not worth subjecting myself to the game's opinions on intersex people.

That said, I hope you were able to get some enjoyment out of it! Even if it was just Watching A Trainwreck enjoyment, lol.

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Evaludate Episode 102: Hystorica, Oklahoma (Tyril I Lister of even if Tempest, Part Four)

Summary:

Today on Evaludate: Madelyn's opinion on Tyril completes its 360-degree rotation, the game gets a little bit Hayes Code-y, and the religious world-building needs a little work.

Content Warnings: We spend a lot of time in this episode discussing sexual assault and rape, please take care in listening or skip if you need to.

Suicide: 13:44 - 14:11,  1:29:16 - 1:30:23

Child Abuse: 50:44 - 53:42

Incest: 1:13:40 -  1:15:00

Self Harm: 1:14:17 - 1:14:32