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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get to the bottom of L.A Noire.

It's 1947. The war is over, and changed men are returning to a changed nation. Cole Phelps, a Marine-turned-cop, must face down his own demons while tackling corruption in the system. This is a unique game, and while not everything holds up, the investigation, interrogation, and atmosphere make L.A. Noire a game to remember.

• [Madvertising Men Extras](i.imgur.com/DaC2ecM.jpg)

• [Prometheus Unbound](andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/…rometheus.html)

• [Floyd Rose](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Rose)

• [Custer Syndrome](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_disease)

• [I don't know how this is going to help, Cole](img.gawkerassets.com/img/199zcorjof…f/original.gif)

• [Big Lebowski](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNLWbT3W0EQ)

• [Wayne's World 2](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yluZgzkA8MM)

• [The Naked City](www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3WHT4HpsCo)

• [Mediocre!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-FMvt83fA)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Demon's Crest.

• [Kemco iOS games](www.kemco-games.com/global/games.html)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross blaze through Demon's Crest.

The Summer of SNES continues with Demon's Crest, a neglected entry in a neglected series. It takes non-standard platforming mechanics, and spreads them across a non-linear story rich with bosses and evocative gothic imagery. Be sure to grab this one on Virtual Console.

• [Maximo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRM6druzG0)

• [Alexia](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYH1O60JZYE)

• [Zeromus](www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aJbM2QGsxQ)

• [Monster Manual 3](www.goddessfantasy.net/Upload/dnd/3e/MM3.pdf)

• [Modulok](www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3nUPYXfm…1534540C6&index=7)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Harvest Moon and SimCity.

• [Robert Moses](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses)

• [Butthead and his son Beavis do America](www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7WoJvEAuPU)

• [Turboteen](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Teen)

• [Hancock](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZQQgvhn4jg)

• [Bunnies gotta jump](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM9YWm6T_hc)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross manage to talk about Harvest Moon and SimCity (the SNES versions of both).

This Split EP is dedicated to two SNES games that take it a little bit slow. Both Harvest Moon and SimCity ask the player to make decisions about how to use limited resources like time and money in order to get some kind of return. Sometimes that's a bountiful turnip harvest, and sometimes that's a happy populace. While both series would go on to grow and change, these SNES versions are the simplest distillation of what they are trying to accomplish.

• [Growth Hacking](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_hacking)

• [Retronauts on Slow Life Games](www.retronauts.com/?p=1066)

• [Bush](www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkTSPjER6o)

• [Harvest Moon for iOS](www.technologytell.com/apple/150687/…-this-winter/)

• [Dog's Life](www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0WsnngckdU)

• [Blood in Chocolate Milk](www.snopes.com/horrors/food/chocmilk.asp)

• [Raid on Bungelin Bay](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeCZaxVP0nk)

• [LGR on Simcity](www.youtube.com/watch?v=O42kxeilMaQ)

• [Bookit!](www.bookitprogram.com/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Katamari Damacy.

• [AGS](www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/)

• [Whiskey LIbrary](www.multnomahwhiskeylibrary.com/)

• [Crystal Clear Dew](www.mountaindew.com/dewshine/)

• [Dew Mouth](www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/20…g-appalachias-teeth)

• [Earth Defense Force](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BusBMaCg0GQ)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross heap praise on Katamari Damacy.

It's simultaneously a singular expression, and one of the most eclectic games we've covered for the show. Katamari Damacy is an extremely simple game with one goal: to instill as much joy in you as possible. And it works.

• [Our Place in the Stars](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6d3h-NpS8)

• [Meet Dave](edgeoftheframe.files.wordpress.com/2011/11…st1.jpg)

• [The Clumps](www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS8zi7Dg8TM)

• [Noby Noby Boy](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymw6r-DVMtU)

• [Slither](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-f8wU6Fpeo)

• [Monkey Shines](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpG4R3Sjf4Y)

• [Booji Boy](www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ty3RuzQ8xo)

• [Dolls](www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ykP9fQRWKA)

• [He was a bad man](www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuAzvb38PyI)

• [Snail Dick](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molluscum_contagiosum)

• [Pegg V. Geeks](simonpegg.net/2015/05/19/big-mouth-strikes-again/)

• [Judy is your Viet Nam](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYZTFKSQ60)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Super Metroid.

• [Dragon Age Inquisition](www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJqxfkgSUog)

• [Landstalker](www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hat4xLoVI)

• [Alundra](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTyDw2OthMo)

• [Metroid Chronology](kotaku.com/the-spectacular-sto…gs-riche-1284029577)

• [Mr. Bucket](www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqd41B-WAFo)

• [Project Ukulele](www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/…t-ukulele.html)

• [Metroid Music](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNszpBbpvY)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gush about Super Metroid in this centennial episode of Watch Out for Fireballs!

"Break Glass in Case of Emergency". There's a whole category of game that Gary and I avoid playing for the show. They're in the upper echelon. They're top tier. If we brought them out regularly, everything else would feel like a chore.

But sometimes it's a special occasion, and you have to bring out the fine china. And Super Metroid is some fine, fine China. On one hand, it's an expansion and elaboration on the stuff that made Metroid 1 and 2 unique. On the other, it's a foundational text that cemented a whole new genre in place. Listen, as we break the glass and talk about one of the best games of all time.

But first, get hyped by watching this trailer, created for us by Allison Baker: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGM20MejGGg

• [Bloodstained](www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bl…al-of-the-night)

• [Really cool Super Metroid speedrun](www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmfV8IhsHq0)

• [What We Talk About...](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_We_Tal…_Talk_About_Love)

• [Birdman](www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJfLoE6hanc)

• [Castlevania 64](www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2PTrBlcPM)

• [James Adomian is amazing](www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFyo9b4_6iY)

• [Homsar](www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Homsar)

• [Wolverine Origins](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_%28comics%29)

• [Parish rules. Anatomy of Super Metroid](www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/03/10/th…uper-metroid/)

• [Butter Avengers](images.dailykos.com/images/141704/l….jpg?1430789335)

• [Teenage Dirtbags Preview and Amazing Video](www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaCZN2N6Q_I)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross hide in a corner while Amnesia: The Dark Descent happens.

This game won our Spring Survival Horror poll, and for good reason. Frictional mastered the "first person, pursuit-based exploration horror" genre, and created a game that's so scary that a lot of people can't even play it. Listen in, especially if you're one of those people.

• [Danse Macabre](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre_%28book%29)

• [Sanity Patent](patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parse…954&RS=PN/6935954)

• [Novint Falcon](www.novint.com/index.php/novintfalcon)

• [Curated list of custom stories. I can't vouch necessarily](www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbjsbYIO6sc)

• [The Nothing](www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrG-lsrXKRM)

• [Dat fountain](www.google.com/search?espv=2&biw…w&ved=0CCIQ1QIoAQ)

• [Road to Damascus](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_…Paul_the_Apostle)

• [SOMA](www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5iRmZPQ3VA)

• [I can't find the right commercial but I didn't dream up Wyler's](www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQhzqVVZKU)

• [Torture Museum Reviews](www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews…llas_Texas.html)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.

• [Michael Kupperman](michaelkupperman.com/)

• [Azure Dreams](www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o9KVgt4014)

• [CoD Analysis](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvN51r1o1Nc)

• [Masters of Doom](www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Crea…ure/dp/0812972155)

• [Anachronox](www.youtube.com/watch?v=isdE2R-j0CI)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross delve into Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.

If you're judging this game on adorableness, it passes with flying colors. If you're judging it on mechanics, it's the best introduction to Roguelikes you're likely to get. If you're judging it on story... Wait, where's Rafaello? I love him so god damn much.

• Roguelike Radio

• Dark Sun

• Sillicon Valley

• Underwater Moonlight

• 3 word phrase

• Shiren the Wanderer

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Commander Keen 4 and 5, along with some straggler responses to Call of Duty 4.

• [Darkest Dungeon](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLxdHfMPF8)

• [Keen Dreams](www.youtube.com/watch?v=scC5hbMQYlE)

• [Thank you for Smoking](www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBELC_vxqhI)

• No, I cannot find anything for Pork, The Zork Like.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross walk backward and talk about Commander Keen in "Goodbye, Galaxy!"

We're always looking to shore up blind spots in the games we cover. After nearly four years of doing this show, it's important to avoid ruts. Commander Keen represents a particular stripe of PC platformers that was ultimately an evolutionary dead end. But in his time, Commander Keen was charming and fun. This episode actually covers two games: "The Secret of the Oracle" and "The Armageddon Machine". The former is an essential play, the latter is dull garbage.

• [ID on SMB3](www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj4HJkeQSg0)

• [Moraff's World](www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaEx35bWSA)

• [Errant Signal on Doom](www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOF2RsO3ck)

• [The Wrestler](www.youtube.com/watch?v=61-GFxjTyV0)

• [Terrence Trent D'Arby](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIHsHYaig0)

• [What Brownian Motion Actually Is](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian_motion)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to... well, some weird stuff, because nobody wrote in about Call of Duty 4 on time.

• [Jan and Dean](www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Qr6Ky1Lbg)

• [The Fabled Lands](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabled_Lands)

• [Wolf in White Van](www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/books/…rnielle.html?_r=0)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross noscope with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

Call of Duty has become emblematic of AAA bloat. Podcasts like ours tend to dismiss it out of hand as the poster child for a kind of game that hasn't just run out of ideas, but refuses to be reflective about the ideas it does have. It could be argued that it all began here. However, it's more complicated than that. Call of Duty 4 is a perfectly fine shooter with moments that really stand out. Moreover, it's a game that has heart, from a series that notoriously lacks it.

• [Hardline](www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0TfCQAQJAE)

• [See how no one ever hits anyone else?](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE9CEC7hZJw)

• [Generation Kill](www.youtube.com/watch?v=bobBTYwkDhc)

• [Aerial America](www.youtube.com/watch?v=izIc-lcvmEw)

• [Gary owns one of these](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidator_%28Chernobyl%29)

• [Heat](www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xbBLJ1WGwQ)

• [Dragon, throw me](arresteddevelopment.wikia.com/wiki/Ready…,_Marry_Me)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to game book and Choose Your Own Adventures.

• [Choose Your Own Autobiography](www.amazon.com/Neil-Patrick-Harr…phy/dp/0385346999)

• [The Aviator Book](www.amazon.com/Howard-Hughes-The…ife/dp/0312329970)

• [The Crystal Trap](zelda.wikia.com/wiki/The_Crystal_Trap)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross venture forth to discuss game books, choose your own adventures, and Steve Jackson's Sorcery!

What is game? It's any interactive experience that has both failure states and a success state. By that reasoning, game books are games. Also, it's in the name. This special episode is all about non-video interactive narratives, books with branching paths and mechanics.

We cover the Bantam Choose Your Own Adventure Books, Fighting Fantasy, Lone Wolf, Steve Jackson's Sorcery!, the Goosebumps Choose Your Own Scare, and more. For as nostalgic as this topic is, there's a surprising connection between these books and the current crop of narrative-driven games we play today.

• [You Chose Wrong](youchosewrong.tumblr.com/)

• [Clickventure](www.clickhole.com/clickventure/mys…ow-island-1880#2,)

• [Quest for Glory](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Glory)

• [Gamebook Archives](www.gamebooks.org/)

• [The Two Jakes](www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWbiQAr8miI)

• [Black Bug Room](marvel.wikia.com/Black_Bug_Room)

• [Lonewolf Online](www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books)

• [Mormon Afterlife](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degrees_of_glory)

• [All My Circuits](theinfosphere.org/All_My_Circuits)

• [Sexist Xanth books](www.avclub.com/article/revisitin…y-of-xanth-104382)

• [@dril](twitter.com/dril)

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Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Zack Johnson read your responses to Star Control II, then talk about disgusting stuff for a little while.

• [Ultranomicon](wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Star_Control_II)

• [Chubby Bunny](www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/chubbybunny.asp)

• [Rainbow Party](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_par…_%28sexuality%29)

• [S-Rank](www.giantbomb.com/s-rank/3015-2962/)

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Gary Butterfield, Kole Ross, and Zack Johnson open a hailing frequency to talk about Star Control II.

The Ur-Quan and their battle thralls have dominated this quadrant of the galaxy, and it's up to a human crew with some Precursor technology to reunite the Alliance of Free Stars and act as liberators. This is a game that defies categorization. Part space combat arcade game, part resource gathering, part adventure game... the larger picture of all of these pretty little parts is an engrossing world filled with varied and interesting species and civilizations, each with their own stories to tell. This ranks really high up there on our list of favorite games we've done on the show, and we really recommend you check it out.

• [3DO controller](www.google.com/search?q=3do+cont…g&biw=999&bih=810)

• [Star Control 1. Mute the dude](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0M2Ftf6ho)

• [Article on Starflight](www.filfre.net/2014/10/starflight/)

• [The Velvet Fog](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Torm%C3%A9)

• [2001 Sequels](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Spa…novel%29#Sequels)

• [JW Stillwater](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtxoRjYEhU8)

• [Kingdom of Loathing](www.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?lo…74e3120d1fb6)

• [Video Games Hot Dog](videogameshotdog.com/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Jet Set Radio.

The audience was mostly in agreement with us that the game is a case of style over substance. But tune in to hear the praise anyway, because damn is that style good. Also, Brayton Cameron calls in to educate us on where the music in Jet Set Radio comes from.

• [Alcatraz Audio Tour](www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XLoMqydKN4)

• [African Grey Parrot](www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH80gzSs790)

• [Shibuya-Kei](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya-kei)

• [Iron and Blood](www.youtube.com/watch?v=xotDSUM4v0k)

• [Revolt of Gamers](www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N-rD0F3Psk)

• [Noah's Arcade](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDP9jfIwe7A)

• [Umberto Eco's Getting Up](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_Eco)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross dig through the ditches of Jet Set Radio.

It's gang warfare in its most stylish and innocent form. It's also a gleeful tribute to free expression in the face of corporate oppression. It's got one of the best soundtracks in any game, ever. Difficulty issues aside, this is a unique game that's worth playing if only to see the kinds of strange things that happened in the Dreamcast era.

• WOFF! T-Shirt

• Encephalitis

• JSR Documentary

• The Sea Urchin

• Harvey Bullock

• John Woo's Stranglehold

• GGG

• Smokin' Aces

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Brave Fencer Musashi.

• [These guys. Don't watch this](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt0_oPPK6eA)

• [Malabar Farm](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A42yI287qD4)

• [Treehouse Cuts](www.yelp.com/biz/the-tree-house…nd-toys-new-york-2)

• [Palace music](www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpJ8ZrQ0DyQ)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross absorb Brave Fencer Musashi.

What happens when a young swordsman is summoned into a world built entirely around food puns? An episode that splits our hosts on whether or not Brave Fencer Musashi stood the test of time. This won our Winter Action RPG 2015 poll, and Kole sincerely hopes he doesn't offend any listeners by saying mean things about this game.

• [Musashi](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi)

• [Musashi Samurai Legend](www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6c4ltTvDOU)

• [Malediction Prophecy](twitter.com/liartownusa/status/304839693458092032)

• [Flame Mammoth](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q0TtnNZ1Rg)

• [Steve Blum](www.steveblumvoices.com/)

• [Time Makes Fools of Us All](www.imdb.com/title/tt0584442/quotes)

• [Frieza](www.youtube.com/watch?v=njvgKUSR8Ss)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Rock Band.

• [Gneiss Schist](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist)

• [Guitar Hero Arcade](guitarhero.wikia.com/wiki/Guitar_Hero_Arcade)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross jam on Rock Band.

Music games used to be massive, but now they barely exist. Those plastic instruments helped us feel like we could play music. For me personally, these games helped me get better at appreciating music, and encouraged me to learn more instruments myself. Rock Band was the king of the heap, in quality if not always in sales, and now you can hear us jaw about music for three hours.

• [Counting Blue Cars](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clxtg2pFTQM)

• [Drum Notation](www.google.com/search?espv=2&tbm…1&biw=953&bih=848)

• [Rock Revolution](www.youtube.com/watch?v=656yWb3hjc4)

• [Rock Band 3d Printing](www.pddnet.com/articles/2009/10/…ck-band-figurines)

• [Hole Guitar Isolated](www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-xUwDARVb4)

• [RHCP2014](rhcp2014.com/)

• [Role Models](www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bst-K65RpI)

• [Money City Maniacs- Sloan](www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXh81JTt0ng)

• [The Way - Fastball](youtu.be/b0wfu3tOrtQ)

• [For Real - Okkervil River](www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlB2XLmA4Ec)

• [Venus - Television](www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f3d5ZdE4vY)

• [Digging For Something - Superchunk](www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvdXEHlz-Qg)

• [Shangri La - The Kinks](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt0IXkIVvo4)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

• [Pollos Hermanos](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQ2F3T1ydM)

• [Greatest Mod of All Time](www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF-XMtNEudQ)

• [LGNPC. Look at these fonts!](lgnpc.org/)

• [False Dmitriy](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Dmitriy_I)

• [KOTOR iOS](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYFO1ESyJzA)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross meander through the remaining quest lines in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

This is the final chapter of our Morrowind adventure. Things take a religious bent as we look at the Tribunal Temple and the Imperial Cult, then we get a little martial with the Imperial Legion. We ask which Great House is the greatest, and decide that building your own house is kinda dumb. Finally, we serve the occult by doing the Vampire and Daedra quests. It's a show 'n' tell grab bag of the rest of the best.

• [Onion Romantic Comedy](www.theonion.com/articles/romanti…an-arrested,757/)

• [EC on MMO Quests](www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAkP5VjIv8)

• [VVVVVV](www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxuacwotoQw)

• [Cool World](www.youtube.com/watch?v=q32xMkroUwE)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross profess ambivalence about the guild quests in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

Sure, the world is in danger... but there's rats to be slain. Also, corrupt and inept guild leaders to oust. Part 2 of our Morrowind series dives into the Fighters, Mages and Thieves guilds, along with the Morag Tong (Assassins). This is where the game falls down a little bit, and the "go here, kill thing, grab thing, return with thing" quest structure starts to wear thin.

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

• [Percious Mercious, Vvardenfell State](www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss)

• [The Peter Principle](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle)

• [Liartown](liartownusa.tumblr.com/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross expand upon the main quest of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

It's the biggest game we've ever done for the show. It's so big that it's immune to our usual treatment. This isn't a text you can read from front to back. Instead, it's a world you inhabit. This episode sees us completing the main quest of Morrowind, fulfilling the Nerevarine prophecies and defeating the evil Dagoth Ur. But that's only one part of the story. Next week, we will look into the various guilds of Morrowind.

• [Elder Lore Podcast](elderlore.wordpress.com/)

• [Mod we used](www.ornitocopter.net/morrowind-overhaul/)

• [Linda Carter in Skyrim](www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJLSbQ72mHE)

• [Renraku Arcology](shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Renraku_Arcology)

• [Banhammer](www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiII8z_KK7g)

• [Sometimes when you're searching for Mojo, you find miracles](www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLzZITnwVLk)

• [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcIG8D8FOY)

• [Vivec Essay](fallingawkwardly.wordpress.com/2010/10/2…d-part-3/)

• [Space Jockey](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l_WJLptNNE)

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The attendees of the Portland Retro Games Expo 2014 speak their minds about Street Fighter II.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross frame-jab a double-floop in Street Fighter II, live from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2014.

We managed to do it, guys. We managed to not only expose how bad we are at Street Fighter II to a whole convention hall of convention-goers... but we got up on stage and acted like experts. This is the first live episode of the show to go out on the feed, and we couldn't be more grateful for the support of our listeners. It made the whole thing possible.

Extra-special thanks to Brayton Cameron and Nick Glauber for helping us man the booth. You are magical people.

• [From Masher to Master](shoryuken.com/srk/FightingGamePrimer.pdf)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

• [Wolfman Jack](www.youtube.com/watch?v=99z-H_NEccU)

• Lockjaw: marvel.wikia.com/Lockjaw_(Earth-616)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross analyze I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.

An evil AI named AM has destroyed the world, but he saved five people... in order to torture them for an eternity. Why did he pick these five people? This strange adventure game answers that question through symbolism, ironic punishment, and aberrant psychology.

• [I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream](hermiene.net/short-stories/i_have_no_mouth.html)

• [Fat Albert](www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WT-fxBNKs8)

• [Hey! Really Giger!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymWmfUV3Eqw)

• [Phalanx Covenant](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_Covenant)

• [Game Informer Article](www.gameinformer.com/b/features/arc…st-scream.aspx)

• [The Lottery](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery)

• [Dread](www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFm8HHV8ks4)

• [Hardcore History](www.dancarlin.com/hardcore-history-series/)

• [Beaver Berry Butts](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the 2002 remake of Resident Evil.

• [3T Scroat](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-6YU1vX3-0)

• [Cellulitis](www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-condit…on/con-20023471)

• [The Thing. You should watch this movie](www.youtube.com/watch?v=p35JDJLa9ec)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross experiment with the 2002 remake of Resident Evil.

It's the best example of what a video game remake should be: Don't just keep what worked before, but add to it while still remembering what made the original special. The first Resident Evil is an establishing work in the survival horror cannon, but this remake is the definitive version. Beautiful and horrifying, this is a game you should play.

• [HD reREmake](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot1-xyvE_8A)

• [Reisdent Evil Archives](residentevil.wikia.com/Resident_Evil_Archives)

• [The Comic I kept calling Supreme is actually...](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squadron_Su…e_(Supreme_Power))

• [Jim Breuer's eyes](www.google.com/search?q=jim+breu…w&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ)

• [Vultures are disgusting and cool](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieBhJlCxnt8)

• [Afraid of Monsters](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvwxWZjFNoE)

• [Spagett!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyh3C1xDT3Y)

• [Well, I was wrong about this too. Beetlejuice](www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQMGsxG73wQ)

• [Lost Sinner](www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDS3d0VXmyk)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to God Hand.

• [Owen Good False Equivocating](twitter.com/owengood/status/521000335507464192)

• [The Escapist on Gamergate](storify.com/alexlifschitz/escapist-drama)

• [Clowns. Look at these clowns](www.kotaku.com.au/2014/08/when-if-…-on-your-resume/)

• [Mazinger Theme](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZZvb_vqEao)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get spanked by God Hand.

It's as simple as can be: You have special kung fu arms, and demons want them. What follows is one of the craziest games we've played for the show. Crazy FUN, that is. By all rights, we shouldn't like this as much as we do, but we do. Pro-play.

• [IGN Review](www.ign.com/games/god-hand/ps2-822478)

• [Kick Me Sign Challenge](www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF0476588468112C3)

• [Cho Aniki Rules](www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4MOg8mSILQ)

• [Ralphie Beatdown](www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvijyBIgazE)

• [Giant Enemy Crab Remix](www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g1fr5vk72M)

• [Sports!](www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7u9hP4r1S8)

• [Asura's Wrath](www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ug1a6gVl8)

• [The Gathering of the Juggalos](www.youtube.com/watch?v=23wgbh5KPBs)

• [American Juggalo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQgBgm9Z-I)

• [Nathan Rabin's book](www.amazon.com/You-Dont-Know-Lik…res/dp/1451626886)

• [Mohawk and Headphone Jack](www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnP9pLsSMV4)

• [Dark Enlightenment](rationalwiki.org/wiki/Neoreactionary_movement)

• [Old Boy](www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFIxLCJifw)

• [God Hand Ending Theme](www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSen7DRQWU)

• [This Bonkers song is in Toys](www.youtube.com/watch?v=XypN59_jU74)

• [Incredible Crisis](www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4WM0Kj7Kbk)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Half-Life.

• [All American Magic Show](magicpdx.com/)

• [Gummo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtY_545-ST8)

• [Lost Highway](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig)

• [Black Mesa Source](www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul60ixy_40)

• [Divinity Original Sin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mea7Pa3rhJU)

• [Prey](www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX6AXRFVPss)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bang out a conversation about Half-Life.

It's pretty safe to divide first person shooters into two categories: everything that came before Half-Life, and everything that came after Half-Life. Gordon Freeman's journey through Black Mesa has left an indelible mark on video game history... but does it hold up?

• [FEAR](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylyf9dfp2-c)

• [Deep Blue Sea](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHJxrNLr2g)

• [Fox Force Five](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8X2SM0ioJ4)

• [Quake 3 Railgun](www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-P95mm_GTM)

• [Taco Bell Coin Game](www.youtube.com/watch?v=88CRnbELGZs)

• [Nyarlathotep](www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYEksNpGucU)

• [Happy Gilmore](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqoNMwfO6g)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Half-Life.

• [All American Magic Show](magicpdx.com/)

• [Gummo](www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtY_545-ST8)

• [Lost Highway](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig)

• [Black Mesa Source](www.youtube.com/watch?v=lul60ixy_40)

• [Divinity Original Sin](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mea7Pa3rhJU)

• [Prey](www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX6AXRFVPss)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bang out a conversation about Half-Life.

It's pretty safe to divide first person shooters into two categories: everything that came before Half-Life, and everything that came after Half-Life. Gordon Freeman's journey through Black Mesa has left an indelible mark on video game history... but does it hold up?

• [FEAR](www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylyf9dfp2-c)

• [Deep Blue Sea](www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHJxrNLr2g)

• [Fox Force Five](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8X2SM0ioJ4)

• [Quake 3 Railgun](www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-P95mm_GTM)

• [Taco Bell Coin Game](www.youtube.com/watch?v=88CRnbELGZs)

• [Nyarlathotep](www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYEksNpGucU)

• [Happy Gilmore](www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyqoNMwfO6g)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Contra and Little Nemo: The Dream Master.

• [Desert Golfing](www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TTl5uByusk)

• [XOXO](2014.xoxofest.com)

• [Badass Store in Portland](paxtongate.com/)

• [Contra AGDQ](www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk81FLx_Zog)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross turn the tables on the back half of Suikoden II.

The tides of war are turning, and the City State of Jowston is making its advances on the Highland Army and the evil Luca Blight. But what happens after they win? Our opinion of Suikoden II remains high, but some of the shine comes off of the apple.

• Soylent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_(drink)

• [Quarter Knights](wildarms.wikia.com/wiki/Quarter_Knights)

• [Shadow Broker](masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Lair_of_t…_Shadow_Broker)

• [Ants!](www.amazon.com/Prisoner-People-C…ure/dp/1933390107)

• [Goody Two Shu](www.youtube.com/results?search_qu…t+goody+two+shoes)

• [Blood Golem](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Quinn)

• [Shy Boys IRL](www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVxImjpOXP8)

• [Lars and the Real Girl](www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XxILVnt1w)

• [Little Nemo Arcade](www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ--s27rnD8)

• [They Called Me Mr. Glass](www.youtube.com/watch?v=omjySV9M7wo)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to the first half of Suikoden II.

• [Iron Sheik](twitter.com/the_ironsheik)

• [iOS Dragon Quest](www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CCAMcaJMo8)

• [Lunar 2 Collector's Edition](cdn10.mixrmedia.com/wp-uploads/wire…at-94801-am.jpg)

• [Boxing Ghaleon](client-cdn.crystalcommerce.com/photo/pin…407288525)

• [PRGE](retrogamingexpo.com/)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross join up to talk about the first half of Suikoden II.

It's Summer RPG time, and this year we turn our attention toward Suikoden II. It's probably known best nowadays for being incredibly rare and expensive, but there's so much more that makes this game remarkable. The tense struggle between the Kingdom of Highland and the City State of Jowston is memorable, and so are its key players. On the play side, several different genres are represented here, and greatly simplified.

For this episode, we play up through Two River. Next episode, we'll finish the game out.

Before you listen to the episode, please watch this trailer to get in the proper mindset (thanks, [@AllisonByProxy](twitter.com/allisonbyproxy)!).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgjIoakzUk

• [Starman](www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3WtvzmKCQQ)

• [Johnny Five Aces](knowyourmeme.com/memes/zybourne-clock)

• [Stonewall Jackson](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson)

• [Beyond the Beyond](www.gamespite.net/toastywiki/index…-BeyondTheBeyond)

• [House Atreides](www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNfgXBlzm0)

• [Beforeiplay](beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Main_Page)

• [Forest Maze Music](www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkailb3xcTI)

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.

• [Lowtax LP](www.youtube.com/watch?v=qISSdqMJF…-OOTb0rqZr6bJlMkQ)

• [American Science and Surplus](www.sciplus.com/)

• [Disappointed](www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gC1GiSDDA)

• [Covered Bridge Video](youtu.be/WyO18one8fU)

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

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross wheez Metal Gear: Ghost Babel.

It’s Solid Snake’s tiniest adventure yet! Returning to an old place to fight an old enemy, this unjustly forgotten entry in the series returns to Metal Gear’s roots on the MSX. 2D stealth is great. This game defies what you’d expect from the Gameboy Color.

• Timequake: en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Timequake

• Beastie Boys doing Echolalia: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE

• Echolalia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia

• Hitman iOs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYjM8lMSuU

• Weasing Juice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1hEKqZz-OY

• 21 and 24: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfjj7Y9N27c

• Multiplicity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2XDPI5664

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Cave Story.

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