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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Fallout: New Vegas, and then Brayton Cameron joins us to talk about New Vegas mods.

• [Top Mods](www.pcgamer.com/25-best-fallout-new-vegas-mods/)

• [Smart Girls](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0SnpN_O00)

• [Original Wrapper](duckfeed.tv/tdb/original-wrapper)

• [iCivics](www.icivics.org/)

• [Class Craft](www.classcraft.com/)

• [Rawls](www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjtz-w0Xouo)

• [One Lifebar Run](www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XLN1N0v…FpRtaOkOFP67j4et6)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expound upon the many expansions for Fallout: New Vegas.

Here, in part three, we visit Dead Money, Honest Hearts, Old World Blues, and Lonesome Road, the four expansions released for Fallout: New Vegas in the year after the main game dropped. They're varied and diverse, but they contribute to a single overarching story in a way that most DLC packs just don't, really.

• [Pretending to Ride a Dog FB Group](www.facebook.com/pretendingtorideadog/)

• [Now You See Me](www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzJNYYkkhzc)

• [Giant McTeague Tooth](malvarez726.edublogs.org/2015/03/03/s…in-mcteague/)

• [Dr Venture](www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMMwq2AMgoY)

• [Fallout 2 EPA](fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Environment…rotection_Agency)

• [We3](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We3)

• [Stripe](www.youtube.com/watch?v=26rtbuybXss)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross indulge in the side quests of Fallout: New Vegas.

The Mojave wasteland has a wealth of things to do, and we try to cover them all. This episode covers all of the companion side quests, and then goes around to different factions and settlements to take care of errands for them, too.

• [Tootsie Pop Native American](www.snopes.com/business/redeem/tootsie.asp)

• [Game Maker's Toolkit on Beyond The Beef](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM1yR7WYqgM)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a gamble on Fallout: New Vegas.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take a gamble on Fallout: New Vegas.

Talking about Fallout 3 this previous winter really put a fire in us... Though we were underwhelmed by the Capital Wasteland in the moment, all roads led back to pining for the Mojave. So here we are, talking about Fallout: New Vegas, a triumph of video game writing and design, where player choice is emphasized and rewarded.

This first episode of a monthlong series hits on the main questlines of New Vegas, with an emphasis on the Yes Man and NCR lines, although we address all of the ways the story can resolve. Next week, we'll talk about the side quests.

• [Playable Van Buren](www.moddb.com/games/van-buren/do…an-buren-tech-demo)

• [JE Sawyer Mod](fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Josh_Sawyer's_Mod)

• [Distro](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution)

• [Santa](futurama.wikia.com/wiki/Robot_Santa_Claus)

• [Wayne The Skeleton King](www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPcYsBB9CTQ)

• [Fallout Lore](www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvqm_pPD-…Nbt103xp0PkkUCoPU)

• [David Koechner](www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmEtYlhzPJo)

• [Macovich, Malkovich](www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbCyTUSQ6fY)

• [Metacritic Scandal](www.engadget.com/2012/03/15/obsid…us-by-one-point/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross take Oregon Trail and Typing of the Dead to school (for show and tell).

Edutainment is, inherently, kind of lame. We can all smell a "message" coming a mile away. But the best examples can make you forget you're learning, and stand up as great games in their own right. So we've taken a ubiquitous classic of edutainment, Oregon Trail, and paired it with Typing of the Dead, a relic of Sega's weirdest days. And it turns out that sometimes, learning can be fun.

• [Chex Quest](duckfeed.tv/abjectsuffering/53)

• [Birthday Sex](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYMxOzxKYYo)

• [Birthday Checks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDHrtX66epM)

• [Institute of Play Article](www.instituteofplay.org/2014/11/decon…oregon-trail/)

• [Dumb Dumbs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbRZKrvAZ7U)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara.

• [One example of old Unreal Portal guns](www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYgdg1YZx3s)

• [Guardian Heroes](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp37p7Gr_bs)

• [Lodos War](www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YiyBat61I4)

• [Odin Sphere](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvU6Y8hjpVc)

• [Enoch 18:14](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzDv8sYX4j0)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross rumble through Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time and Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara.

Brawlers have a reputation for being simplistic and exploitative. They're a game design born of economic opportunity, engineered to accumulate quarters with frequency. But divorced from that, there are examples of brawlers with surprising depth and ingenuity. Turtles and Mystara are both great examples of the form, chosen by our community of Patreon backers.

• [Gelatinous Cube](www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tmzwrdTmY)

• [Mystara Megafaq](www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/563201-du…stara/faqs/11489)

• [Battletoads First Boss](www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHgVR0Ykkcc)

• [This shirt I got](www.amazon.com/Actually-Thirties…irt/dp/B0179U84FG)

• [Demon Stone](www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nKkPA4KKGg)

• [Our meatballs are eggs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1YTuSzZxdA)

• [Stone Protectors](www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=ch…tone%20protectors)

• [Flatliners](www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCm_NMU6Phw)

• [Wounded Knee](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre)

• [DDR](www.lurkmore.com/view/DRR..._DRR..._DRR...)

• [Coming out of their shells](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-BFosqCc…Ctck7yagjGFTENECx)

• [Both Dead Alewives sketches](www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kgx2b1sIRs)

• [Come on, Dragon's Crown](vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dragons-cr…0216223255)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross charge through Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos.

Warcraft III is probably one of the most influential games of all time. There's a lot that came before it, but Blizzard's first 3D real time strategy game came at just the right time to lay the foundation for most of today's competitive multiplayer scene. While we're not much for competition, the single player campaigns of Reign of Chaos do a ton of interesting stuff. Join us as we talk about our first real RTS (we're trying to forget Sacrifice).

• [Elephants without trunks or ears](funsubstance.com/fun/51849/elepha…ears-and-trunks/)

• [Strong Bad](www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html)

• [Anakin Skywalker is a character some people take seriously.](www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnwkE4trA48)

• [Muppets all gathered up](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpRap-zHZHY&nohtml5=False)

• [Imzadi](www.youtube.com/watch?v=836hXACVsD0&nohtml5=False)

• [Hidden Frozen Throne Level that's tower defense](www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tkyjymRdws)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Portal and Portal 2.

• [Another Cold Morning](comicvine.gamespot.com/transmetropol…g/4000-44857/)

• [Portal 2 Mods](twinfinite.net/2015/02/portal-2-mods-you-need/)

• [Portal Stories](store.steampowered.com/app/317400/)

• [Freaks and Geeks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJAGxAeV7YU&nohtml5=False)

• [Paris Syndrome](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_syndrome)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross open up a door to the elemental plane of praise for Portal and Portal 2.

Last year, with Super Metroid at episode 100, we decided to try doing a "perfect" game once a year. Portal and Portal 2 are both obvious choices for such high praise. They still feel recent, but almost a decade after Portal hit the scene in The Orange Box we're still feeling the effects of its sheer economy of play, and utter wit in storytelling. And no matter what anyone tells you, Portal 2 is a worthy heir.

• Narbacular Drop

• Ellen Mclain

• It's my Life

• Fuck You

• Bill Cosby Bukowski

• Pwease No Steppy

• Toki Tori 2

• Casino Sounds

• Great Outdoors

• Fine, you jackels.

• Prometheus

• National song hidden area

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Silent Hill 3.

• [Project Scissors](www.kickstarter.com/projects/playis…issors-nightcry)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross ooze affection for Silent Hill 3.

A teenage girl is in trouble. The world is warping around her, and strange people are saying that she's destined to birth Paradise. That's the setup to Silent Hill 3, one of the scariest and most upsetting games in existence. The story has problems, but for atmosphere and dread it has almost no rival.

If you haven't played the original Silent Hill, don't worry: We go out of our way to provide all of the context you need to understand what's going on here. Enjoy!

• [Silent Hill: Revelation 3D](www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b4iOhWswYM)

• [Circumcision nonsense](storify.com/jasperrolls/the-sil…on-meltdown-of-2015)

• [Subway scene. Couldn't find unaltered version](vimeo.com/117515059)

• [Ghost Stations](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_station)

• [The gates are open. This is the last time this will appear in show notes. Drink it up.](www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEBkKYJdFq0)

• [Session 9](www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsxkRNvEbhM)

• [Suicide House...](comedybangbang.wikia.com/wiki/Crappy_Howl-o-ween!)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Interactive Fiction.

• [MUD](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD)

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Two men speak into microphones about interactive fiction, also known as text adventures. They cover the basics of the medium, a brief history and discuss four games in-depth: "Planetfall", "A Mind Forever Voyaging", "Slouching Towards Bedlam", and "The King of Shreds and Patches."

• [The Special Special Special](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5E1vx961o)

• [Get Lamp](www.youtube.com/watch?v=o15itQ_EhRo)

• [11/22/63](112263book.com/)

• [The Descent](www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhZj0Q9rq9E)

• [Parsley](www.memento-mori.com/parsely/)

• [Cruelty Scale](www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Cruelty_scale)

• [Yeats Second Coming](www.potw.org/archive/potw351.html)

• [Zork](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToEllOW2r1Y)

• [Gateway](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_(video_game))

• [80 Days](www.inklestudios.com/80days/)

• [Planetfall](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetfall)

• [A Mind Forever Voyaging](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mind_Forever_Voyaging)

• [Slouching Towards Bedlam](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slouching_Towards_Bedlam)

• [King of Shreds of Patches](maher.filfre.net/King/)

• [Device 6](simogo.com/work/device-6/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

• [Dunder Mifflin Chatroom](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Out_(The_Office))

• [Onimusha](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sueu7x2lAUE)

• [Information Society](www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPuXvpkOLmM)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross excoriate Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver.

This episode isn't for the faint of heart... What started out as a well-intentioned desire to talk about a beloved action-adventure game turned into a hit piece against an entire era and genre of games. But we cite our sources, and go to great pains to remind you: Just because we don't like this game doesn't mean we don't like you.

• [Chamber](marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Jonothon_St…smore_(Earth-616))

• [Boyhood](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0oX0xiwOv8)

• [Project Milo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIbGnBQcJY)

• [That Neogaf post](www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=488564)

• [Very Bad Things](www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsAm2UvcKI4)

• [Mazikeen](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazikeen_(comics))

• [Red Dawn](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_I4WgBfETc)

• [Shadows of the Empire Hoth](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzMH9G3WSEs)

• [The Timekeeper](www.youtube.com/watch?v=9muhJtqQIy4)

• [Tom Halverford's Company](www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYeup5zrZbs)

• [Quantum Conundrum](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg97ZEkqhzE)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Sanitarium.

• [The Perfect Drug](www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLqeZzTU8I)

• [Tiny Wings](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky65XZXLcLU)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross commit to talking about Sanitarium.

You wake up with no face, no memories, and no name. You're surrounded by people banging their heads against walls, talking about mechanical bugs and Aztec prophecies. Diagnosis? Crazy. This horror-themed adventure game is an odd duck because it's played from a bird's-eye perspective... but does it ever quite get off the ground?

• Uninvited Ghost

• 0451

• Dogma Golgothan

• Casmir Polaski Day

• Ravenloft Carnival

• Temple of Osiris

• Sanitarium Postmortem

• Owl Creek Bridge

• Planetfall

• Mind Forever Voyaging

• Slouching Toward Bedlam

• King of Shreds and Patches

• Frotz

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Mega Man Legends.

• [Broad City](imagesmtv-a.akamaihd.net/uri/mgid:fil…21182807.gif)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross respectfully disagree about Mega Man Legends.

It's the first fully 3D Mega Man game, but it doesn't take a lot of cues from the series that preceded it. You spend most of your time dungeon crawling, but the interesting stuff happens when you're just kickin' it in the city. It rests firmly in the "awkward teenage years" of the PSX. It's Mega Man Legends.

• [Tron Bonne](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhy9U2TMzwo)

• [Red Ash](kotaku.com/the-red-ash-kicksta…disaster-1721094852)

• [MML3](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega_Man_Legends_3)

• [Megabustin' makes me feel good](www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdyU_gW6WE)

• [Puckerface from The Godhand](berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Conrad)

• [Water in Flint](* [Megabustin' makes me feel good](www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdyU_gW6WE)

• [Puckerface from The Godhand](berserk.wikia.com/wiki/Conrad))

• [Ignignokt](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mooninites)

• [Guantanamo Bay as run by "Skull Face," Nicola and Bart](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4XY26P4z_E)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Fallout 3.

• [Gabagool](www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5fmz5XdGq4)

• [Environmental Storytelling](www.somethingawful.com/news/fallout-…ing-skeleton/)

• [Davide's Game]( davideafiandra.itch.io/linedash)

• [Tale of Two Wastelands](taleoftwowastelands.com/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expand upon the DLC expansions for Fallout 3.

It's a first for the show: We're covering all five pieces of DLC released for Fallout 3. From the highest highs (Point Lookout) to the lowest lows (Mothership Zeta, ironically enough), we've got something to say about them all.

• [Anton Chiguhr](www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw)

• [Fatal Attractions](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatal_Attractions_(comics))

• [Ebert Hate](www.amazon.com/Hated-This-Movie/dp/0740706721)

• [Zapruder Film](www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU83R7rpXQY)

• [End of B$M](www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhsngAtICiY)

• [The Troggs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO6glz0wpmo)

• [Whirligig](www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY55T11AG4s)

• [Gruber](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gruber)

• [Trouble Man](achewood.com/index.php?date=06142004)

• [Grizzly Man](www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWycuaWJFCM)

• [Madea](www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuzQI8I8yos)

• [Medea](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross meander through the side quests of Fallout 3.

• [Whomp](www.whompcomic.com/2011/03/11/get-…etting-is-goop/)

• [Mr Fischoeder](bobs-burgers.wikia.com/wiki/Calvin_Fischoeder)

• [Look at those ants](www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPAsssli3E)

• [That's a good boy](www.youtube.com/watch?v=70atgKUKaeY)

• [Apt Pupil](www.imdb.com/title/tt0118636/)

• [Mr Show Button](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0hvm10AHo)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross set Fallout 3 on fire.

This is it: Our first modern Bethesda game. Morrowind was kind of on the edge, but it's hard to talk about Fallout 3 without also talking about a whole bunch of other games that are like it. You wake up one morning and your dad has fled the vault... this is how the story begins, as you emerge into a fully 3D world to gun down raiders and have awkward conversations. How does Fallout 3 stack up, 7 years later?

This episode covers the generalities of the game, and the main quest line. The next episode will cover the side quests, while part 3 will cover all of the downloadable content for the game.

• [David and Goliath and Foreskins](www.errancy.com/how-many-philisti…d-david-pay-saul/)

• [Yaddle. Star Wars, ugh](starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Yaddle)

• [Pet Semetary](villains.wikia.com/wiki/Church_(Stephen_King))

• [Van Buren](www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSG_lx2FG04)

• [Teenage Dirtbags Episode in question](duckfeed.tv/tdb/must-be-santa-a…lin-and-the-turtles)

• [Liam Neesons](www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2EikOsQmtk)

• [The Real Life Colin Moriarity](www.gamefaqs.com/boards/995452-ma…ffect-3/62225389)

• [Speedrun](www.youtube.com/watch?v=itBUvZBhVs8)

• [It's a good life](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Go…he_Twilight_Zone))

• [Monster Factory](www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlKnEgPEG…l_8qxJ5eaaPHRX_ij)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime.

• [Gurumin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFrUWUevtFc)

• [FF3](www.hardcoregaming101.net/finalfantasy…f3/ff3-2.htm)

• [Dragon Quest](www.retronauts.com/?p=1178)

• [Dark Messiah of Might and Magic](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXzBwMW5pzw)

• [Crisis Core](www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5D-8HDazuw)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gush about Dragon Quest Adventures: Rocket Slime.

This is the first Dragon Quest game we've covered, and of course it had to be a weird one. Rocket Slime trades in the turn-based combat for top-down action and surprisingly deep tank battles. A unique movement and attack mechanic, along with the oodles of puns, means Rocket Slime is a must-play if you have a DS.

• [Skies of Arcadia Ship Battles](skiesofarcadia.wikia.com/wiki/Ship_Battle)

• [I'm just screaming. Screaming...](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWtAjdl4a0)

• [Kill Bill Coffin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohqGgEZf-s)

• [Dr Strangelove](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gXY3kuDvSU)

• [Project Papergloop](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip)

• [Contra toys](www.gamespresso.com/2015/12/14/cont…igures-awesome/)

• [Slime Controller](www.amazon.com/Controller-Dragon…n-2/dp/B000C40HYI)

• [Friendships](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0Q0Jn_Ktc)

• [Hot Dogs](big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/HotDogsMadeII.gif)

• [Pocket Dogs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2LJWkg58Sw)

• [The Story of a Girl](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIANBamMgas)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Thief: Deadly Shadows.

• [Gamer Sorter](slimedrippings.tumblr.com/gamefaqssort)

• [Deadly Shadows Gold](www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143659)

• [Papa Sangre](www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp6WXSA52Is)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross are the hands that rock Thief: Deadly Shadows's cradle.

Thief: Deadly Shadows won our Fall 2015 Stealth Game poll, and we're glad it did. Not just because it gave us an excuse to talk about the Shalebridge Cradle for 30 minutes... but because it's a beloved series, and a kind of stealth game we haven't covered before. Garret's brand of first-person stealth led to games like Dishonored, which speaks to this series' credit... Even if Deadly Shadows overstays its welcome by about 5 hours.

• The Prophecy

• Styx: Master of Shadows

• So boring!

• Men Going Their Own Way

• Butcher Bay

• Mirror's Edge

• Breakdown

• That crime against human nature Gary was trying to remember

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the 2015 Portland Retro Games Expo 2015 and read your responses to Castlevania.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get cracking on Castlevania, live at PRGE!

No show notes, except to thank Brayton Cameron, Nick Glauber, and the staff of the Portland Retro Games Expo. Also, thanks so much to everyone who came out to the show!

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to System Shock 2.

• [Mancow](www.mancow.com/)

• [Don't Shit Your Pants](www.kongregate.com/games/rete/dont-shit-your-pants)

• [System Shock 2 Multiplayer](www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=61.0)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lay into System Shock 2.

System Shock 2 will pretty much always show up on any "Greatest PC Games of All Time" lists. It inspired Bioshock, a game that we very much like. But, does it hold up? Listen as we talk about the many great ideas that System Shock 2 has, and the many ways it burns through whatever good will it earns.

• [Nanoblocks](www.ohioart.com/brands/nanoblock)

• [Street Sharks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGQyMF5a_0)

• [Gear 2 inside beast](www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-4JZZONf4)

• [Danger](marvel.com/universe/Danger)

• [Videodrome](www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AXQeCE9Rw)

• [Shodan's Voice Actress](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Brosius)

• [System Shock 1](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnh0l_Ecpx4)

• [Traveller](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game))

• [OSI](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz59tFR2KMs)

• [Dead Space](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMlUsGSALyY)

• [Ave Maria](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bosouX_d8Y)

• [Toys. They're just toys. It's just marketing!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_K10fX9DSY)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Blaster Master.

• [Crusader Kings 2](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkVTDfxIUI)

• [Totally Rad](www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zfEVP4zAc)

• Let's Play mentioned

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blow through Blaster Master.

We've covered several NES platformers on the show, but mostly from bigger publishers. Capcom and Konami are mainstays, and of course we've talked a lot about Nintendo itself, but SunSoft has racked up more Abject Suffering entries than WOFF! entries. Blaster Master is a varied and eclectic game with some neat ideas and inconsistent execution. Those neat ideas count for a lot, though, and ambition gets points.

• [Fester's Quest](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrElD5f3GCE)

• [This Gremlins 2 game is pretty good](www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5D2Il569OE)

• [Bluebeard](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj0VT1IYNoE)

• [Blast Corps](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzIu85jBtE4)

• [Time Lord](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmOLTYmZNM)

• [Ichthyosaur](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaur)

• [One of a couple BM Speedruns](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKvNkrbiUo)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to King of Dragon Pass.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gird their loins to battle King of Dragon Pass.

File this one under "Gem that should have gotten more attention." It's a strategy-game-meets-CYOA, but it's so much more. It's a tale of barbarians, but not in the way you'd expect. It's a fusion of narrative and systems on a level you don't really see. Do yourself a favor, listen to this episode as a beginner's guide, and buy King of Dragon Pass for your device of choice.

• [White Bear and Red Moon](boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/10884/…te-bear-red-moon)

• [Thor's Angels](www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore…41-thors-angels/)

• [Runequest](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneQuest)

• [Business Time](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZcYPEszN8)

• [Kubrick Stare](www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/201…8/kubrick_stare_su

• [Frogloks](eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Frog…8Character_Race%29)

• [McTeague](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McTeague)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Doom II: Hell on Earth.

• [I Love Lisa](www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8T9ZRAk7Vc)

• [Hocus Pocus](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UUMsInka2s)

• [Outlaws](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCMh-88a2DI)

• [Rage](www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2Vj2UpA4dE)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross mow through Doom II: Hell on Earth.

It's time to talk smart about a game that (seems) dumb. Where did first-person shooters get their start? Well, not here. But for most of the 90s, FPSs were called "Doom Clones". Doom II saw id advancing their 3D trickery, and expanding on the success of their previous works. And it's mostly succcessful.

• [WOFF WAD](www.mediafire.com/download/uxxnmic…k5vzp50/woff.wad)

• [Going Down](www.doomworld.com/vb/wads-mods/659…ease-on-idgames/)

• [1024](doom.wikia.com/wiki/Congestion_1024)

• [Pac Land](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRiFoJMNTU)

• [Masters of Doom](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom)

• [In The Kingdom](www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYGTb3mJJ_w)

• [Painkiller](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAsk2Q5KeDw)

• [Reznor on Quake](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVOHTGYoM6E)

• [Good Times](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GT_Interactive_Software)

• [Doom movie](www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dMA8NmdyW4)

• [Doom controversy](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_…e)#Controversies)

• [Tapwave Zodiac](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C69RslF8EA)

• [Doom RPG](www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2hxjxlcOqk)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Paper Mario.

• [Outkast](www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgvGjAhvIw)

• [Freakin Weekend](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR0v0i63PQ4)

• [Sat on some gum](www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sat+in+gum)

• [Advice Hot Dog](advicehotdog.com/)

• [Deaf Protagonist](www.clickhole.com/video/progress-v…m_source=twitter)

• [Joy Mecha Fight](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Uy7otTkfI4)

• [Christine Love](www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAgT6lGwTiY)

• [Darkest Dungeon](www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlRBzoKN4NY)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross wrap up their series on Paper Mario.

Last week, we sprinted across the finish line with gusto. Chapter 3 was one of the strongest in the game. However this week, Paper Mario hits some doldrums before ultimately coming out just fine.

• [Jerky Boys](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzUjSt9qIoY)

• [FFX Arena](www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaCV1S8XfU)

• [Unnerving Burger](www.businessinsider.com/why-burger-ki…-black-2015-7)

• [Big Man Japan](www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Cm39xDWmQ)

• [Octopi](www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvvjcQIJnLg)

• [Ed Wynn](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wynn)

• [Eggs](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_D1qTNDyJc)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross tear into Paper Mario.

Simplicity and charm are two things you rarely find in JRPGs, but Paper Mario has both. It takes everything you know about the Mario universe, and runs it through a filter of pure joy. Join us for our "it's technically still Summer" JRPG, as we talk about the first three chapters of Paper Mario.

• Camera Obscura

• The Best part of Mystic Quest

• Probably the best part of Wild Arms, well, maybe not

• Super Paper Mario

• Super Princess Peach

• Flying Pig

• Morrowind Scar

• Jacoby

• Black Lodge Burlesque

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Zone of the Enders.

• [Radical Dreamers](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Dreamers)

• [Disability girls!](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katawa_Shoujo)

• [Steins Gate](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steins;Gate)

• [Ender's Game](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender%27s_Game)

• [What stories about spoiled kids should be](www.youtube.com/watch?v=imUzDynP6zM)

• [Wet Hot American Summer](www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLlMTn_Jzok)

• [Vic Viper](gradius.wikia.com/wiki/Vic_Viper)

• [To the Moon](www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqkJuSV-23U)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross fly through Zone of the Enders.

It's not bad for a game to be simple, or for a game to be slight. It's bad for a game to feel incomplete. That's what we're up against with Zone of the Enders. We went in expecting satisfying, flashy combat, but what we found was a thin veneer of style covering mostly air. This is a game that's most well known for its demo, and that's a strange, historical anomaly.

• [Mad TV](www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=bQ1N3q4Vgkg)

• [Peace Walker](www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h5Uu1XOEh4)

• [Twin Snakes](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecmLG8j8ISw)

• [Ground Zeroes](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltH1eWxZutE)

• [Amazon sounds awful](www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/techno…rkplace.html?_r=1)

• [Exo Squad](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR7ktkOEeFw)

• [Neo Genesis Evangelion](www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbksWvNv-fU)

• [Eagleheart](www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDL9nPSukAk)

• [Journey to Jaburo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJfIRmcg1Y)

• [Firefly scene](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPRlHwwVIug)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

• [Pizza Totino's Boy](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lPX5b9m7ro)

• [Energy Hook](www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9xr1Z6UDEA)

• [Enneagram of Personality](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enneagram_of_Personality)

• [Wizardry 8](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6g7ivLGKc)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross branch out into Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

999 is the winner of our Summer Reading poll. Considered by most to be one of the best entries in the Visual Novel(ish) genre, we take a look and see if it holds up to scrutiny. What we find is that 999 is a divisive game, leading to a classic WOFF barnburner.

• [Cat's Cradle](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%27s_Cradle)

• [Ignoramoose](home.comcast.net/~gibell/pegsolitaire/CBTips.html)

• [Ship of Theseus](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus)

• [VLR Trailer](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYfAk1A2bQo)

• [Deadlocked](www.imdb.com/title/tt0112822/pl…mary?ref_=tt_ov_pl)

• [High Fidelity](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBUOhFs7t2s)

• [The Soggies](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYZfdDVJu8)

• [The Running Man](www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceegnWSENQ)

• [100th Monkey](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect)

• [Face Blindness](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia)

• [Ever17](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_17:_The_Out_of_Infinity)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Spider-Man 2.

• [Jay-Z is a business](genius.com/17918)

• [Game of Thrones Board Game](www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZPbqpelVjs)

• [The Red Balloon](www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Y1tRBOXfA)

• [Tomb Raider Suicide ITT](www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2W2K8oUplw)

• [Just look at this cool fucking character](torment.wikia.com/wiki/Ignus)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross spin a yarn about Spider-Man 2.

What happens when you have one great mechanic, one okay mechanic, and a bunch of other stuff that surrounds them? You get Spider-Man 2, the first superhero game that did a great job of making you feel like a superhero. The swinging is damn near perfect, but does everything else stand up?

• [Brown Widow](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrP1_5XuKLI)

• [Billy Dee Two Face](comicbook.com/blog/2013/11/02/bi…or-batman-forever/)

• [Donald Glover as Spider Man](www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/…piderman-we-need/)

• [American Gladiator Assault](www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QjXQnt_7kA)

• [Blank Check](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf-7OvD6oFQ)

• [Man-Wolf](www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Wy5GxnDSw)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to L.A. Noire.

• [Toonstruck](www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIIXjulD3_w)

• [How to Get Ahead in Advertising](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQHdhjQXgg)

• [3rd Man Sewer Chase](www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMgdpXvMeqo)

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