We’re not dead yet! In this episode, we dig up the “facts” about Bloodborne that everyone else has been too busy staring at the loading screen to discover; tell you what our brains think about Ori and the Blind Forest, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and Deadbolt; report live from the red carpet (kinda) at the recent EGX Rezzed expo; and discuss the well-known bazooka obsession of late Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi (or “Yamowchi”, according to Mark). Plus: SPACE ARK.
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Stuff we discuss
- Double Fine Adventure
- EGX Rezzed 2015 games: Ether (on Oculus Rift), Omega Agent (Pilotwings / James Bond), The Room Three, Amplitude, Insynch (shapes), Aviary Attorney, LA Cops, Dashy Crashy (Temple Run-style driving), Okhlos (mob game), Magic Shot (swiping balls), Rude Bear Resurrection, Guild of Dungeoneering, Taphobos: An Immersive Coffin Experience, Karl Hilton
- 100% true facts: Bloodborne
- What we played: Ori and the Blind Forest, Guacamelee!, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (for a change), Mega64: SHADOW OF MORDOR, Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons, Deadbolt
- Space Ark: Point Blank, Super Scope 6, Time Crisis, Mad Dog McCree, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Zelda CD-i, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Time Crisis 5, Confidential Mission, Ghost Squad, House of the Dead: Overkill
- Alan’s play
Credits
- ‘between sounds’ licensed under the Creative Commons 0 license
- title and end music by ckotty
April 2, 2015 — 9:45 am
What genre is Prime Trilogy, then? I’m stumped. 🙁
Nice theme for Space Ark, by the way, although you chaps need to nail your canon down. Luigi’s Mansion 2 just got put on a shelf for later, not hurled onto a corpse! And how can Yamauchi be in charge of the Ark, when he’s too busy being the moon’s face?
Also I am all the way up for Avian Attorney.
April 13, 2015 — 5:25 pm
We’re going to need some kind of Rotating Platform wiki to keep our stories straight.
Metroid Prime Trilogy will be back for the “games viewed through a visor” genre 🙂
April 11, 2015 — 9:42 pm
Great episode guys. Thanks for mentioning Confidential Mission, I should have explained my nomination even though it is as corny and derivative as you suggest. It’s effectively the Dreamcast’s version of Virtua Cop, and I recall buying it at the time as it was the only game to utilise the light-gun that wasn’t called House of the Dead 2. It’s very Sega, but a lot of fun.
My memories of the SNES Super Scope are quite odd, as my friend that had a SNES (I had a Mega Drive, natch) only had one controller. Therefore, when I would go to his house to play Street Fighter after school, I would be lumped with the Super Scope. Trying to pull off Hadoukens with a bazooka on your shoulder is something I’ll never forget.
April 13, 2015 — 5:28 pm
Ah, we should do a whole segment on playing games using inappropriate controllers. Isn’t there a video somewhere of someone completing a Mario game using a dance mat?