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155: Zero Time Dilemma

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We finish the Zero Escape trilogy with a dive into Zero Time Dilemma.

Developer: Chime | Publisher: Aksys Games/Spike Chunsoft | Initial Release: June 28, 2016

Jacob and special guest CtrlAltNoob flip a coin, play with floating thumbnails and try desperately to defuse bombs.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)

Special Guest: CtrlAltNoob (@CtrlAltNoob)

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SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:15 Who is CtrlAltNoob?
  • 4:10 Fast Pitch
  • 7:30 AI: The Somnium Files
  • 11:40 People’s First Zero Escape Game?
  • 12:55 A Graphical Upgrade
  • 15:00 Where This Game Starts
  • 21:35 Spoiler Warning
  • 23:45 Floating Thumbnails
  • 28:00 Rules of Engagement
  • 36:50 The Button
  • 39:40 The Chainsaw
  • 44:20 Russian Roulette
  • 48:25 Quantum Computer
  • 51:55 Eric and Mira
  • 56:55 The Stand Off
  • 1:00:50 The Snail Effect
  • 1:07:00 Transporter Pods
  • 1:20:00 10
  • 1:33:25 Jump Around!
  • 1:43:25 Shift!
  • 1:50:40 The Final Decision

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146: Virtue’s Last Reward

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We get confused and surprised at the very same time in Virtue’s Last Reward.

Developer: Spike Chunsoft | Publisher: Spike Chunsoft/Aksys Games | Initial Release: February 16, 2012

Jacob and special guest CtrlAltNoob write so many notes, gasp audibly and hop through time!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)

Special Guest: CtrlAltNoob (@CtrlAltNoob)

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:10 Who is CtrlAltNoob?
  • 2:50 Fast Pitch
  • 4:30 Time Capsule
  • 9:15 Press Reviews
  • 11:10 High-Level Review
  • 13:40 Describing Virtue’s Last Reward
  • 18:00 Setting Up VLR
  • 23:40 Spoiler Warning
  • 25:30 Main Characters 
  • 34:35 Branching Narrative
  • 37:30 Radical-6
  • 43:40 Bombs
  • 44:30 Morphogenetic Field
  • 49:40 Dio
  • 55:40 Timeline
  • 57:20 Pods
  • 59:55 Tenmyouji & Quark
  • 1:01:40 The Old Woman
  • 1:02:20 Sigma
  • 1:06:40 Jumping (The Chart We Referenced)
  • 1:10:30 Where Are We?
  • 1:14:15 Luna & K
  • 1:16:45 Gaming’s Greatest Story?
  • 1:22:50 Setting Up Zero Time Dilemma
  • 1:28:55 Secret Ending
  • 1:32:50 Wrap-up
  • 1:36:20 All About CtrlAltNoob (Noob mentioned Exit/Corners & Jacob mentioned Afterworld)
  • 1:40:00 Conclusion

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121: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)

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We explore a branching storyline in Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

Developer: Chunsoft | Publisher: Spike/Aksys Games | Initial Release: December 10, 2009

Jacob, Moe and special guest CtrlAltNoob escape rooms, solve puzzles and travel through space and time to survive and thrive.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: CtrlAltNoob (@CtrlAltNoob) | YouTube | Twitch

Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

SHOW NOTES:

  • 1:10 All About CtrlAltNoob
  • 2:40 Our Fast Pitch about Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)
  • 3:50 What’s Your Personal History with 999 and the Nonary Games?
  • 8:10 Describing the Gameplay of 999
  • 18:05 Hearing Moe’s predictions about 999
  • 24:00 Explaining the structure of the branching narrative
  • 25:55 Jacob dumps some story
  • 34:40 The sci-fi twist to this story (the morphogenetic field)
  • 41:20 A tease about the second game – please stick around
  • 48:00 Let’s get back to what’s happening inside the ship (submarine, knife and ax)
  • 54:15 Who is “in” on the scheme?
  • 58:50 The big thing
  • 1:07:40 Question from @linkhs: “Which twist/ending got you the most?”
  • 1:13:35 The enneagram test with Jacob, Moe and CtrlAltNoob
  • 1:18:30 Final thoughts
  • 1:23:35 Wrap-up

UPCOMING SHOWS:

  • June 30, 2021 Last Day of June (ft. Jacob, Mike and special guest Blake Andrea)
  • July 7, 2021 Hitman 2 [Whittleton Creek] (ft. Jacob, Mike and Moe)

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