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May 22, 2019
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063: Bastion

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We deal with the aftermath of the calamity and all things Bastion.

Developer: Supergiant Games | Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Release Date:  July 20, 2011

Jacob, Moe, Mike and Nick do their part in rebuilding civilization while admiring the designs and sounds of the game

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 1:56 – We’re playing Bastion… on Vita?
  • 2:30 – What we knew coming into the game
  • 4:45 – XBLA… remember that? what we played on
  • 6:50 – What IS Bastion?
  • 9:50 – The audio and Narrator are great, I don’t care what you say
  • 10:40 – Action RPGs and Platforming
  • 12:00 – Our choice of weapons
  • 14:52 – What is THE Bastion?
  • 19:00 – Difficulty mods and the risk/reward of them
  • 30:00 – The enemies in this game feel natural
  • 33:42 – WE’RE ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN (WOOO)
  • 34:40 – This devolves into a puddle of wrestling talk and references
  • 36:15 – The story and narrative
  • 43:00 – Zulf is like Thanos
  • 47:00 – The first choice and consequence of our actions
  • 49:30 – Supergiant sequels
  • 51:00 – The second choice you have to make
  • 54:00 – Do we recommend it?
  • 1:00:00 – The wrap-up and where you can find us

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May 8, 2019
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062: Undertale

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We go on some weird dates in Undertale.

Developer: Toby Fox | Publisher: Toby Fox | Release Date: September 15, 2015

Jacob and Travis question their morality, flirt with mommies, go down to bullet hell and discover who’s the better person (it’s not Jacob).

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Player: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt)

Special Guest: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt)

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Additional music this week:

  • Cold open music: Undertale OST 001 – Once Upon a Time by Toby Fox
  • Credits music: Hopes and Dreams / Save the World (Undertale) – GaMetal Remix by GaMetal

Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 1:40 Two warnings before we start the show (aka reverse marketing)
  • 2:45 The setup of Undertale
  • 3:45 Meeting Flowey and how the game’s battle system works
  • 5:40 Meeting Toriel and the game’s overworld
  • 12:50 Your final Undertale spoiler warning
  • 13:00 Jacob is a bad man; an introduction to the game’s morality system
  • 16:15 Shout-outs to our friends at Video Game Rations (check out their new Undertale podcast & website)
  • 17:20 We talked about the 93 different permutations of the game’s ending (Undertale’s endings in a flowchart)
  • 19:30 Is Jacob more of a Sans or Papyrus (shout-out Inspector Gadget)?
  • 24:45 The Papyrus fight
  • 28:25 Jacob and Travis’ date with Papyrus (shout-out to Mass Effect)
  • 34:00 Jacob = Mettaton + Papyrus & Travis = Alphys + Sans
  • 34:35 Undyne and the Monster Child (and “Toby says no”)
  • 37:20 The music of Undertale
  • 38:20 The enemy variety in Undertale
  • 42:05 Dating Undyne
  • 44:50 The Hotlands, Mettaton and Alphys
  • 50:45 The Mettaton-Alphys twist
  • 51:40 Alphys is like a 2007-era Facebook user
  • 53:00 Cool, but what is it like to play Undertale?
  • 54:40 The Mettaton fight
  • 58:40 Asgore
  • 59:20 Explaining the game’s initial story
  • 1:02:20 The final Sans interaction and the LV/EXP revelation
  • 1:04:50 The Asgore fight
  • 1:06:40 Explaining the differences between weapons
  • 1:09:15 Photoshop Flowey aka Omega Flowey, God Flowey or Flowey X
  • 1:12:00 Jacob deleted his Switch save… thank you Flowey’s Time Machine
  • 1:15:30 Going back to romance Alphys
  • 1:17:50 Deep lore about Flowey and determination
  • 1:20:30 Back to the True Pacifist ending
  • 1:26:00 The Genocide ending (shoutout to Nitro Rad’s Undertale Story Explainer)
  • 1:29:00 The choice that gave Jacob legitimate goosebumps, the consequences of this choice and Sans
  • 1:32:40 Jumping into YouTube videos (like Game Theory’s Who is W.D. Gaster?)
  • 1:34:10 Jacob brings it back to Professional Wrestling with Kenny Omega’s Wrestle Kingdom 13 en trance (Kenny’s Quest)
  • 1:35:55 Our final thoughts and Deltarune

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December 26, 2018
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053: Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice (DLC)

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We make sure that our Yeti costume doesn’t shrink in the dryer and enter the world of Repugia for Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice.

Developer: Double Fine Productions | Publisher: THQ, Double Fine Productions and Dracogen (PC) | Release Date: December 21, 2010

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Shay Whiston collect dandy candy and stamps, tell terribly good Dad jokes and lure people away from their relaxing getaways with French Fry smell.

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

Special Guest: Shay Whiston (@ShaelynTai)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

  • 1:40 The crew welcomes Shay to the show and we talk a little bit about her gaming habits (like Pokemon, Fallout 3)
  • 3:55 What is Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice?
  • 5:15 Moe didn’t play the base game, just the DLC
  • 7:40 Shay shares her love of Double Fine and Psychonauts
  • 10:40 Could you play Grubbins on Ice before the main game?
  • 14:30 We go deep on the costumes in Grubbins on Ice
  • 19:00 What were your ideal loadouts?
  • 23:40 Losing to start the game and a difficulty spike to end the game
  • 27:40 Using the French Fry costume
  • 30:15 Beating the final boss (Araxia and Big Bones)
  • 34:10 Jacob shares some details about Amnesia Fortnight and how it ties into Costume Quest and Stacking
  • 36:40 The writing in Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice
  • 39:15 Bobbing for eyeballs?
  • 40:10 A Costume Quest cartoon?
  • 42:05 The PC version that almost didn’t happen
  • 43:00 Is Grubbins on Ice a Christmas game?

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