Episode 47: Groovy Earthworm Hell [Earthworm Jim]

Running, jumping, dodging stuff; it's all part of a standard platformer.  What makes this one different is incredibly detailed backgrounds and... mostly that.  How would a worm even know how to fire a gun?  Does it matter?  No?  Groovy!



Don't waste all your bullets before getting to the download!


(00:45) As of the time of writing, Geremy is destroying our leagues.  Except for one guy in one league who didn't even show up to draft.

(03:00) Hearthstone: apparently still nifty, and now in open beta.

(06:30) Bravest warriors is pretty cool, and Jhonen Vasquez apparently wrote an episode.

(08:30) We talk about Skyrim for a bit.  Surprise.

(14:00) Heatmor eats Durant.  Clearly.

(14:30) Tyler gushes about Ed's buildings in our Minecraft server: home.lasttimeonvideogames.com!

(16:20) Starwhals: on the Wii U!

(20:00) 24-hour house!

(21:00) We discuss distinct/impressive style in games.

(26:00) Earthworms!  We rant a bit about the somewhat confusing hitboxes.

(29:30) Mechanics.

(31:45) Theming in this game is... lacking.

(36:45) What the heck?!

Next time on Last Time, Super Mario Bros. 3!

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Episode 46: Talking About the Birds and the Bears [Banjo-Kazooie]

The game that at least one of the hosts considers the epitome of 3D platformers is finally appearing on the podcast!  Grab your backpack of bird holding, and wing flip your way off with us!



Collectibles?  Downloads qualify, right?

(03:00) Super Mario 3D World was a thing we did.

(07:00) Tyler talks about Skyrim for a bit.

(12:00) Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion!  It's an RTS in space where you can zoom from galactic level all the way down to ship-to-ship combat.  It's surprisingly deep, but simple to play.

(16:30) Zach's tales of Mech Warrior: Online.  Same ass kicking occurred.  G-Nome was awesome in the 90s.

(21:30) PC games defaulting to explaining how games work with the 360 controller.

(23:30) Own a Wii U?  This might interest you.

(30:00) Dynasty Warrior 8 is apparently pretty good.  With planes.

(39:30) 3D worlds as scavenger hunts and motivation for exploration.

(48:30) Collectible balance in Banjo-Kazooie.

(52:30) New moves as progress gating.

(60:00) We try to remember what games existed on the N64.  It appears to be mostly racing and, apparently, sports.

(62:00) Sandbox/open world games as a replacement for 3D platformers.


Next time on Last Time, Earthworm Jim!

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Episode 45: Aw, Man, We Ran Out of Wolf Jokes [Operation Wolf]

Grenade chickens.  Need we say more?  Yes?  Well... light guns were a thing, right?  Operation... Wolf!



Reload or Download?

(01:15) Buster Wolf!  Skyrim's pretty cool, guys.  Also, badass dragons are rich.

(06:00) Crazy tabletop plans.

(08:00) Introduction to the early history of the camera wars.  Also, Game Fly still exists, apparently.

(09:30) On the nose... villains...  Arkham Origins ended up being mediocre.

(18:30) Only a science major can play LoL!  Knights of Pen and Paper!  Related.

(21:30) ACIV has some... tone issues.  TF2: odd meta.

(25:30)  Starwhal!  Play it!

(29:00) Light gun games!  Also, our fantasy leagues.

(35:00) Peripherals in general.  This is a thing now, and I want it.

(42:00) Operations and wolves associated to them.

Next time on Last Time, Banjo-Kazooie!

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Episode 44: The Secret is Killing Things [Secret of Mana]

Considered to be one of the greatest SNES games ever, this week we're tackling the story of a hero who must save the world... for Reasons!  Grab a ton of different, but mechanically similar, weapons and bash some baddies to victory!



The real secret is the download!


(05:00) Synchro Summoning makes no sense.  Geremy talks Hearthstone for a bit.

(09:00) Stupid electric gloves.  Also, creepy girl!

(15:00) The wonders of Zach's new computer.  It makes Ghosts want to die!

(18:30) Despite lukewarm critical response, MechWarrior Online sounds pretty good.

(21:30) Somehow, people took Tyler's standard screenname in the login engine for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, which is a pretty fun game.

(22:30) Secret of Mana trivia!  Related to Enix, if you want to start a journey into madness, start here.

(27:30) You pulled the sword, so now you're the guy.

(33:30) Santa manages to beat Darkseid every year.

(38:30) Is the menu noise of the Wii annoying?  Let us know!  Also, we talk about the novelty of key mapping.

(44:00) Magic!  The ring menu is interesting, but not a great idea.

(51:00) Final thoughts: probably skip this one.


Next time on Last Time, Operation Wolf!

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Episode 43: Duck Tales, Woo-oo! [Duck Tales: Remastered]

A classic cartoon from the late 80s and early 90s made into a videogame.  Well, we've seen that go wrong before, but this one was popular enough that Capcom remade it.  It still has inexplicable pogo canes, though. What can I say? Life's a duckblur.



Hop on over to our download!


(02:15) Jason opens up our ramblings on how we've been wasting our time for the last week.  AC:IV seems to be awesome.

(5:45) Too busy thinking about Batman.  Tales of LoL!

(9:00) State of Decay: Apartment Manager is a game I'd play.

(11:20) Pokemon is pretty cool, guys.

(14:30) The LoL Pokemon.  I think she at least knows Shadow Ball.  Police Points are a thing, right?  Phoenix Noire should be a thing.

(20:00) Talking about game remakes for a bit.

(28:45) A quick justification of why this Duck Tales is a valid remake.

(32:00) Voiced narratives and what you may lose with them.

(41:30) Penalties for game over may be a bit harsh.

(45:30)  Woo-oo!  Transylvania!


Next time on Last Time, Secret of Mana!

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Episode 42: Excessive Celebration [Tecmo Bowl]

High fives, and no play clocks!  Also, only 4 plays for each side, so it's super simple.  Touchdown!



Make a forward play for the download!


(02:20) Dude, bro!  Jason's on the show with us!

(04:20) C'mon and grab your friends.  Also, we talk briefly about some terrible games.

(07:30) Zach and Tyler relay the epic story of building Zach's computer.

(08:00) Pluggin' the fantasy league again!

(10:30) A processor that's designed to run around 60 C running at about 100C seemed to be our problem.

(12:00) Zach's current power setup.  Also, a discussion of current problems with our power systems.

(14:30) Meddling kids...  Time compression!

(16:00) Podcast topic, I choose you!

(17:00) More self-reference.

(20:00) We challenge Tyler's gamer cred.

(24:00) An absurd conversation about a universe where the names of plays in sports are sponsored.

(24:50) Gankorade, now in delicious Gun!

(29:00) Best high five ever.  Also... the half time show.  I wish it at least had this music.

(31:30) Gameplay choices!

(38:00) Indianapolis Narwhals!  Also, our final thoughts.

(43:00) Weird forms of DRM.


Next time on Last Time, Duck Tales Remastered!

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Episode 41: We Will Build A Wall [Life Force]

This week, we look at the sequel to one of our (read: Tyler's) favorite games for the show: Life Force!  It's basically Gradius, but not!  Get ready for some fancy flying as we veer up and slightly to the left of a pretty good game and into the territory of what we're actually playing.



I'd take an option that just downloads things for me while I walk around.


(01:30) Sweet new mixer time!  Internet celebrities.

(04:00) Join the hosts (not Tyler) in playing LoL some time!  State of Decay is still awesome.  Pills are super helpful.  Also, I found this, and it's awesome.

(09:30) Another DayZ comparison; maybe Tyler has PTDZD.

(10:20) These flash games are fun.

(14:00) For posterity!  It's an anime-themed fighter.

(17:20) Seriously, don't give these people money.

(18:45) Geremy's 3 gripes with Arkham Origins' combat changes.

(24:00) Detective mode!

(28:00) *Sean Connery voice* Yesh, fluffy...

(32:00) Spoilers(?) for New Horizons.

(36:30) Join Geremy's Fantasy eSports league!

(39:30) Life Force!  It has some arbitrary problems.  It's basically Gradius with cooler bosses and multiplayer.

(46:30) We talked about this one a while ago, but apparently it's applicable to a space shooter?

(50:00) Consequenceless deaths as a teaching tool.  It can also be painful.


Next time on Last Time, it's Tecmo Bowl!

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Episode 40: Gotta Go Fast [Mach Rider]

Now that we're back into it, let's speed things up!  In a dystopian future, there really ought to be more mutants or something.  At least there are oil spills everywhere.  Zoom!



Don't come up on this download from behind... it might explode!


(01:00) Everyone now plays League of Legends.  Except Tyler.  Mann vs. Machine exists, still!

(03:00) Arkham City was pretty good.  "Koreanism."  What a twist!

(09:00) Heroes of Might and Magic is a pretty cool series.  Risk of Rain, guys!

(11:00) Starwhal: Just the Tip is every bit as amusing as a game about celestial narwhals stabbing each other with their lightsaber horns ought to be.  Antichamber is confusing, but amusing.  Myst is used to be good?

(15:30) Tyler's Minecraft server (currently vanilla) is at home.lasttimeonvideogames.com!  Let me know if you want to join and I'll add you to the whitelist.

(17:00) Brawl n' Fortune Street: a dangerous combination.  Arkham Origins is apparently not as good as the others, but still fun.

(21:00) Special Beam I can't pronounce that!  Pretty sweet board games.

(26:00) Kagome!

(26:30) Since half of our listeners played it with us, I'll just say this: Prepare to fire!

(35:00) Mach Rider!  Not the same thing...

(41:00) Hi, I'm Batman!


Next time on Last Time, Life Force!

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Episode 39: Pirates are Cool, Oh My God [Uncharted Waters: New Horizons]

After a "totally planned we swear" hiatus, we're back with what might be one of the most awesome games about sailing and pirates ever. Also, there are assassins. It's also not the one you're thinking of. This week, we trade, steal, and sail our way to world domination with a remarkably accurate map of the 1520s!



Downloading now decreases the overall price of downloads in this country, allowing you to sell them for more in Turkey! 

(01:00) Giant turkeys and ice worlds.  Also, adorable.

(02:30) All the stuff we've been playing.  Zach's playing LoL now, so officially everyone in the world is.

(07:10) Dat noise.  You seriously had to listen to this every time.

(08:30) Did someone say pirates?

(13:00) On a tangent, a game about a time traveling thief musician.

(14:30) Shanties!

(16:20) We talk (read complain) about game pacing.  Arkham Asylum allows you to look around and stuff during the opening scene.

(26:00) New Horizons' cutscene problems: early 16-bit sprites moving around randomly is not entertaining.

(28:00) This game has 6 discrete scenarios.  Like some other game by the same company.

(30:00)  Go get famous.  Discover the dodo.  Attack everyone!  Sell stuff and invest in cities!  There are a ton of different ships.  Sail the entire known world.  Just skim this really quick to get an idea of the scope.

(35:00) You will likely end up with multiple food ships, like the Food, the More Food, the Pantry, or the Fridge.

(36:00) Naval combat is broadside, but you don't really have much control over what happens.  Your team just kinda mills around.  You can also duel people.  Fun.

(42:00) Crew is expensive.  It's like they eat or something.

(43:00) This game as a sweet mercantile system.  You can affect the price index of items in a port so you can buy stuff for cheap after selling a ton of similar goods there, then take the more expensive items to ports with higher price indices.  It's objectively great. 

(50:00) Like sea-faring exploration and being a merchant?  Play this!


Next time on Last Time, we're achieving supersonic speeds with Mach Rider.

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Episode 38: Punching Stuff [Punch-Out!!]

Left, Right, Duck, Uppercut!  You can only do a handful of things in this game, and it's not nearly that dramatic, but it's still fairly entertaining.  Join us in knocking out King Hippo and enjoying some sweet training montages.  Adrian!



There's a pattern to this download... Deck it!


Next time on Last Time, it's Uncharted Waters!

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Episode 37: Master of English, Hahahahaha! [X-Men]

In a world where people mutate to be able to shoot lasers n' stuff somehow, some of those people are dicks. Some of these dicks also happen to be Master of Magnet! Help us disco laser him, X-Chicken!



Welcome to download!


(01:00) Other X-Men games.  Tyler's got a vanilla Minecraft server up constantly; email him if you want in.  Zach's been playing The Bigs 2, an arcade baseball game, which is way cbetter than Bases Loaded.  We talk about Zelda timelines for a bit, so go watch this thing +Edgar Diamond found.

(08:45) We talk about Mass Effect 2 compared to Bioshock for a bit.

(12:00) Pokemon.  Because of course.

(17:30) Hearthstone.  Their landing page says it all.

(23:00) All the goofy things this game says.  Just... this.  There's also a plot, I think.  Xavier seems to like ranting about it, at least.

(30:00) Mutant powers!  All the bosses monologue, which is just great.

(40:00) Between the Japanese and the American version, the Japanese has powerups and is therefore superior.  As an added bonus, this game is up to 6 players.  It's pretty mediocre aside from the camp, though.

(44:00) Wolverine is headmaster.  That explains the wonderful decisions the students regularly make.

Next time on Last Time, Punch-Out!!...!

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Episode 36: Guys Who Turn Into Guys Without Shirts [Altered Beast]

This week we look at possibly one of the sweetest games ever!  If it were an anime, that is.  Turn into a werewolf, dragon, and a golden werewolf as you fight an evil dude to save Athena!  Because Athena would totally need saving!



Watch out!  It's changing into a... download?!
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Episode 35: Did Anyone Actually Watch This Movie? [Super Star Wars]

Back to form this week with a game Tyler's been pushing for a while.  Apparently LucasArts made games for each of the movies in the nerd-beloved franchise, closely following the movies.  Like that one scene where Luke fights a Sarlac after wandering through a scorpion-infested desert with a blaster.



It's away! ...  Nevermind, it just downloaded on the surface.


(00:45) Bad impressions.  Wind Waker is still awesome.  Don't support this company by clicking this link.  Adventure modes are sweet, though.  Also, we talk about less crappy online pay models.

(09:30)  Zach's been playing Pokemon.  It's awesome.  Also, Gundam!

(15:00) Eldritch looks awesome.

(16:45) Favorite and least favorite licensed games.  Yu Yu Hakusho is a good show, but this is a bad game.  Arkham Asylum is awesome.  Play it.  Endless Duel! Gihren's Greed is apparently amazing, too.  Moonwalker...

(24:00) Super Star Wars should have been good.  Watch Luke run.  This game has some control issues.

(28:00) Arbitrary difficulty.  Sometimes it's fun, though.  Also, edification time!

(34:00) Only the most American characters in a franchise can do this.

Next time, it's Altered Beast!

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Bonus Episode 4: Castlevania

For our first Halloween, why not a vaguely horror themed game?  We only talk about it every episode, so it's about time we got around to recording one on it.  Alex rejoins us, and we talk about character alignments!  Whip it good!




Swallow our download to gains its abilities!

(00:30) We talk about sexy existential dilemmas.

(06:00) Jump arch matrimony!

(08:50) Angry lesbian stories.  Also, wall chicken.

(18:00) Sub-items, and why they're actually useful in this game.

(21:00) Mechanics!  Not that kind.

In summation, play Castlevania.  It will enrich your life.

Bonus Episode 3: Kirby's Adventure? I think?

Another bonus episode so soon?  Yes!  Due to timing problems, we didn't get to record a regular episode (mostly Tyler's fault) and we did this instead!  Also, Tyler's lazy, so no show notes.  While we're blaming Tyler for things, how about trolling on the Internet.  That's one person's fault, I think.



Our hangover cure: take two downloads with a shot of videogames.

Episode 34: Future Ninjas Are Boring [Strider]

A lone ninja fighting through a dystopian neo-Russia against hordes of robotic minions and sweet airships sounds cool, right?  Right?



Walk this way to our download!

(01:00) Symphonic bliss. Terraria party! Geremy’s in Silver-3 in LoL, because we need more Fantasy Football comparisons.

(02:30) Possibly the best intro song ever. Meteos doesn't look as anime as I thought he would.

(04:30) Scribblenauts is now heroic.

(08:00) Everyone has an evil clone.

(10:45) Rune Factory 4 has a rating of 97/100 on IGN after 44 ratings right now.

(14:15) We really need that Genesis game checklist Geremy keeps mentioning.  Not a plug.  That conveniently ties in with our talk about feedback in games, though.

(19:00) Upgrades... this game has them, I guess.

(20:30) You'll hear a lot of the sword noise.  Also, the Genesis version looks so much better than the Master System.

(23:00)This game is a quarter sucker!  It also has awesome concepts, though.

(28:30) The sequels look awesome. We talk about horror games for a bit.  Relevant to that last link since Tyler always rants about it.

(32:00) Mutant League is awesome.

(33:15) We ran out of stuff to say about Strider, so we talk about the games/genres we would like to see more life injected into.



Next time on Last Time, it's Super Star Wars!  Grab it on the VC if you want to play along!

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Episode 33: Click click click Instead of Pew pew pew [Pokemon Snap]

It's our first rail shooter, and it's not even a shooter.  Join us on an adventure through a suspiciously multi-environed island as we take pictures of everyone's favorite collectible monsters.  Solve puzzles, see wonders, and pester some Pokemon!



 Our download is almost as elusive as Mew!


(01:00)  Video Games Taco is a podcast about some stuff done by some ladies affiliated with some other podcast.

(03:00) Our recent gaming endeavors. Pokemon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire is remarkably relevant.  The Steam box is new, so we talk about it.  ShinTen is apparently a damn long game. 

(05:00) We (mostly Zach) ramble a bit about choices in games.

(12:00) XCOM is still awesome, as is Odin Sphere.

(13:30) Animal Crossing burnout happens quickly.

(17:00) Oh, snap! We discuss our first Pokexperiences.  The card game is super broken.

(21:00) We talk about how the game is scored.

(25:00) This game used to let you print out the pictures you took.  Apparently you can post them from the VC, too.

(26:30) Progression in this game happens by solving obvious, yet strangely satisfying, puzzles.  Most of them result in evolution.  The individual levels are pretty nicely designed and super replayable.  Pikachu rides things.

(29:30) Bulbapedia is like crack for Pokefans.

(34:00) Gluing Pokemon together is a thing.  There's one that's just a sword that becomes two swords.  Geremy likes the way Slowbro gets in the game.

(38:00) Just the right length, apparently.

(41:00) How to improve this game: make it Pixelmon.  Also, make it on the Wii U.

(44:00) There are some silly powered Pokemon.

(45:45) This is mentioned.  Tangentially related to that.

Next time on Last Time, Strider!

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Bonus Episode 2: Animal Crossing

This week we have a bit of a change of form with what I like to call "The LTOVG Guest Host-apalooza!"  +Katie Smith and +Alex Tift are on the mics with the usual hosts for this episodes, and it's fairly raucous.  This is a bonus episode, so the quality of the audio is less than normal; Geremy did what he could to salvage it.



Shake shake... A download fell out of that tree!

(00:40) An introduction to Katie!  That other game she plays is this!  Also, she's making an edutainment game of some awesomeness: Adventure Girls.

(05:40) Zach leads off our recent games list.  Bolas!  Alex plays some games?  Odin Sphere!  Odette is creepy...

(13:00) Educational games!  A.D.A.M. is apparently a series.  Oregon Trail is in your Interwebz.  SimAnt is a pretty cool game.  Zoombinis and pizza.  Fantastic Contraption and its sequel allow you to create a ton of different machines to solve problems.

(25:00) ActRaiser was mentioned.  Just sayin'.

(26:30) Animal Crossing!  You may have questionable origins.  Kirin is god... thing.  It's mentioned in this show.

(35:00) How you make money in these games.

(39:30) Tarantulas.  Seriously?

(43:45) Fuzzy Pickles!

(49:30) Tyler's totally wrong.  Maybe Morrowind?

(51:30) Humans are gluttons and will play all the games if possible.

(54:30) Rover!


Next time on Last Time, Pokemon Snap!

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Episode 32: Apparently the Chozo were Flightless [Super Metroid]

This week, we return to Zebes, and take on Metroid II: The Return of... wait, no we skip that game, and play Super Metroid instead!  How does Tyler's favorite child hood video game stack up?  Listen and find out!



Is that a download behind that bombable wall?

(00:40) We get side tracked right away and talk about some movies.

(2:00) What we've been playing!  Zach's still playing Shin Ten, with leads us to game length and content vs grinding.

(4:40) Geremy is playing Cloudberry Kingdom in addition to his normal games.

(9:30) Also Fire Emblem Awakening, Zach and Geremy discuss the characters and their outlandishness.

(18:00) Super Metroid! 

(19:30) The beginning, feelings of isolation.  Can atmosphere of a game make you feel things?

(23:00) New powerups and features.

(24:50) Color pallets and different areas.

(28:00) Game play!  It's like Metroid.  Go figure.

(30:00) Sequence breaking.

(32:00) Is it ok for a game to make you look around and try to find its content?  Or is it on the game to present itself to you immediately.  Obviously a game needs to do something to grab your attention, but does Super Metroid do enough?

(35:00) Exploration in video games, 2d vs 3d.

(37:15) Games with mechanics that help you find hidden items.  Are they good, or do they defy the point of having hidden items in the first place?  Are you entitled to all the secret items/achievements in a game without work?  Achievement Hunter would say so.

(41:20) Compared to Symphony of the Night.  Videogames stopping and slowing your progress, is it a problem?

(47:45) The pacing of video games.  Are modern games faster paced than older ones?  Is this a bad thing?  Also, the Pomodoro Technique.

(51:00) Final thoughts, and some giggling about Metroid Prime.


Next week, we jump a little further into the gaming present than normal for this podcast, and play Animal Crossing.   If you're interested, New Leaf is available on the 3DS, but as its a full cost game, you may wish to skip this one and just listen in!

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Episode 31: Menu Battle 64 [Ogre Battle 64]

Team, assemble!  You hit him with that thing you always do, and I'll flip a coin to determine which spell to cast!  Afterwards, we can walk through town and, if they think exactly like us, we'll free them!

This week, it's Ogre Battle 64, the game of tactics and valor on the battlefield.  Join us as we find out just how many soldiers it takes to get to the center of a fighter!



Is your alignment right to Liberate or Capture our download?

(00:55) Games and us.  Specifically, ones with which we've interacted lately.  DoA is a game about... fighting.  Seriously, though, it's got a pretty decent story and gameplay.  The 3D fighter with combat damage we mentioned was apparently Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus.  If you're in the market for used... anything, 2nd and Charles is pretty awesome.  Black & Read in Arvada is a superb books and music store.

(05:30) Anima looks so amazing, it's almost sad that we'll likely never play it.. No, Jean, don't do it!

(08:00) Pokemon Pinball! Tyler's current high scores... there may be a preference there. Nintendo had humble, and quite different, roots. high scores, All the wizard modes.  It allows you to play a mean game. Alex's parents own a Xenon table.  Read the Notes section.  My hobby: replacing hyphens.

(13:00) The mysterious overlap between RPGs and tactical games.

(14:30) OGRES!

(16:45) Tome of Innaccuracy.

(22:00) This game has loooong battles.

(24:00) Pedras hurt them if they hurt you.

(28:30) This game is deep, man.

(31:45) Decision making.

(34:00) The reward pacing of this game is a little odd.

(37:00) This game is somewhat about minmaxing.  Also, it has a story? History lesson!

(43:00) A brief commentary on whether a game that is narrative-centric should just be a movie.

(44:30) Some discussion about the necessity for rational humans to justify realistic violence within the game's story.  It's a meaty topic that we don't nearly cover.  Also, for some reason it seems easier to do this in a tabletop RPG than in a videogame.

(47:40) Spec Ops: The Line deals with the aforementioned subject through our favorite medium!

(50:40) Apparently not feeling weighty enough this episode, we dip into a discussion about videogames as an art form.  I would ammend our discussion here that videogames may already be art, but be truly transcendent were they to meet the criteria we outline here.

(51:30) Final thoughts about Ogre Battle 64: It's pretty good!


Next week, Super Metroid!  Get read to explore and shoot things (not necessarily in that order).

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