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We travel to a resort? a hospital? a super secure spa? in Hitman: Episode 6.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn all score some pretty solid performances but Moe’s continues his dominance by landing 157,000 points!.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

• 3:30 We get our Hokkaido briefing
• 5:45 Mike breaks down our scores
• 10:08 Kevin becomes a creepy serial killer
• 10:50 Helmut Kruger body double makes his return
• 12:20 Jacob appreciates our evolution playing this game
• 13:15 Kevin kills a happy doctor and finds his “base”
• 14:45 Kevin messes with the thermostat and makes people uncomfortable
• 15:45 Kevin pushes a a woman off a cliff (You will learn how to do the tree pose)
• 17:55 Kevin throws a helicopter pilot in a closet
• 19:10 We find a doctor who needs a prescription?
• 22:45 Surgeon uniform is OP
• 25:40 Kevin gets naked
• 27:55 Did Jacob even play Hitman?
• 29:25 Jacob, Moe and Mike realize they may have killed their targets, the same way!
• 33:00 Mike grabs a heart and tosses it in the trash
• 36:15 Jacob loves yoga and murder!
• 38:55 Save scumming didn’t save Mike
• 40:40 Mike decides on his first target
• 42:15 Mike helps a doctor get their fix.
• 45:00 Mike realizes being a surgeon was not all its cracked up to be
• 47:00 Mike takes joy in crushing a heart in his hands
• 49:00 Mike has never filleted a puffer fish.
• 50:50 Moe argues a patients uniform may have been a better uniform to explore with
• 52:00 Moe isn’t quick enough to solve the murder machine puzzle
• 54:00 Moe is confused and doesn’t know how to approach the kill.
• 55:25 Moe uses his precise Hitman skills to acquire a Sushi Chef uniform
• 57:20 The guys trigger Mike into a rant about Sean Rose
• 59:41 Moe wraps up his mission using the wrench and Heart breaker technique
• 1:00:42 Our final thoughts

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We get trapped in the closet and plot out four very difficult Colorado kills in Hitman: Episode 5.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn shake up the Left Behind Game Club’s “hierarchy of killers”, ogle Moe’s score in unison, discuss Hitman math and transform Sean Rose from an environmental terrorist to a Silicon Valley Bomb Boy in khakis.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

• 2:40 We get our Colorado briefing
• 4:25 Moe was Colorado-confused and imagines Sean Rose as a Silicon Valley CEO
• 5:30 Mike gets really mad about reading
• 6:30 Kevin gives his Hitman history (it’s very brief)
• 8:20 Kevin hides his first kill
• 11:20 Mike brings up the level’s “rings of security”
• 16:30 Kevin takes on Sean Rose (aka the Silicon Valley Bomb Boy) and his watch
• 19:20 We play the “how long did Kevin play this level” game!
• 21:05 OH NO DON’T TALK ABOUT R. KELLY
• 24:20 Taking out the Tamil Tiger, Maya Pavarti
• 27:55 Kevin moves on to Penelope Graves
• 30:45 Kevin exits the level
• 33:15 What was Kevin’s score?
• 34:10 Jacob got a non-zero score! Again!
• 35:20 Jacob describes his path of destruction
• 37:15 Jacob trusted the process to move from Sean Rose to Maya Pavarti
• 40:00 Jacob finds goodies in a train car and tries to double kill Penelope Graves and Ezra Berg
• 41:35 Jacob imbues the Handcrafted Killer
• 43:35 Jacob channels Moe to kill Penelope Graves
• 45:55 A big change in the Left Behind Game Club Hitman Universe
• 47:40 Moe begins going through his masterful playthrough with Sean Rose and Maya Pavarti
• 51:25 Moe has one set up… and gets two more with an amazing kill that had us in awe (in unison)
• 53:10 Moe describes his final kill of Ezra Berg… lethal syringe style
• 58:00 Mike takes a walk to start his playthrough
• 1:00:50 We discuss Hitman math
• 1:02:55 Jacob places Colorado this mission at the bottom of the Hitman Season 1 hierarchy
• 1:06:00 Mike explains his Weekend at Bernie’s moment
• 1:08:35 Mike goes after Maya Pavarti
• 1:10:25 We compare Colorado to the other levels in Hitman
• 1:14:25 Is the story backloaded? Also, Shakespeare.

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We overstay our welcome as we explore a Hotel looking for Jared Leto’s twin and a lawyer who really wants to buy a tuk tuk in Hitman: Episode 4.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: August 16, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe order some room service, celebrate a birthday, try to sell a car and convince really awful people to follow us.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

• 3:19 We discuss the Jared Leto and Richard Branson lookalikes
• 7:00 The proud moment when Mike and Moe realized Jacob scored some points
• 8:45 Jacob hangs in his room and racks up a serious room service bill
• 11:58 Jacob and Mike discuss how to make a birthday cake go boom
• 13:40 Jacob goes single pistol and takes down a lawyer and makes a run for a speedy escape in a boat
• 15:50 Moe explains his ruthless initial play through and finds common ground with Jacob
• 19:15 Moe uses the word Tuk-Tuk in a sentence and becomes a mechanic
• 21:05 Moe conducts a symphony and completes episode 3 in approx 13 min of mission time
• 22:25 Jacob confronts an innocent camera man
• 24:53 Mike wants to build interesting little stories with his murders
• 26:59 Mike examines the grounds and finds Ken the Bulldog Morgan and plans his attack
• 29:05 Mike knocks out a hotel guest, hotel staff, as well a some chefs before surprising Jared Leto with some cake
• 33:00 Mike realizes he is a privileged ghost and throws a knife at Jordan Cross
• 34:50 Mike and Jacob Kill a stalker
• 35:55 Mike convinces Ken Morgan to follow him to his room and does not spend the night
• 38:25 Jacob vows to murder better than us in the next episodes

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We push through a crowded market in Morocco in Hitman: Episode 3.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: May 31, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe become demolitions experts, moonlight as camerapeople, throw bricks and Mike continues to blow our minds with his high level Hitman play.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

• 4:21 We discuss the possibly disjointed environments.
• 7:20 The market in Marrakesh reminds Jacob of Assassin’s Creed
• 8:36 Moe veers left and murders a father and former headmaster in order to get his keys
• 9:35 Moe unleashes the power of the coins to gain access to the abandoned school
• 12:14 Moe parkours his way through a window and finds some C4
• 17:15 Moe walks into a government facility and strangles a massage therapist
• 22:18 “The Screwdriver” is born
• 22:25 Jacob confronts an innocent camera man
• 27:08 Kobe!
• 30:18 Jacob throws a brick at an innocent bystander and dresses like a propaganda activist
• 33:27 Our Hitman nicknames are created
• 35:35 Mike realizes he needs a military uniform to hide his sniper rifle
• 42:22 Mike herds the two targets into one area and blows our minds
• 46:25 Mike murders a target in 10 seconds and tosses him in a closet
• 47:25 Mike has fun and Kobe’s his way through Marrakesh

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