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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about color in games, linearity, sarsparilla and a little bit about the second half of EarthBound.

• 5 Annoying Trends That Make Every Movie Look the Same | Cracked.com: www.cracked.com/article_18664_5-a…ie-look-same.html

• Orange/Blue Contrast in Movie Posters | /Film: www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contr…n-movie-posters/

• FedEx Arrow: www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php

• Seaman (video game) - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaman_(video_game)

• Amazon.com: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014X…=stunthdottran-20

• Amazon.com: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050S…=stunthdottran-20

• Care Bears Movie 1 Trailer - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGn_HHOfBRw

• GREMLINS (Movie Trailer) - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoK0BzYUTrU

• RPG Maker: www.rpgmakerweb.com/

• Mother 3 - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_3

• Louie Official Website: www.fxnetworks.com/louie/

• Sioux City sarsaparilla - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_City_sarsaparilla

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross put their spirits into robots in order to gush about the end of EarthBound.
From a beach resort to a womb in the past, Earthbound remains one of the finest games we’ve played for this podcast. It’s not without its flaws, but we spend the majority of the episode gushing over it. Especially the ending.

• Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods: grantmorrisonmovie.com/

• Wutai - The Final Fantasy Wiki: finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Wutai

• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the…ycle_Maintenance

• Mt. Ordeals - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzJ1xUbya5o

• How many kills did you get for pink tails? forums.ffshrine.org/f24/how-many-ki…get-pink-72077/

• Stand By Me - Leech Scene - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OP4cZM-Y54

• Down the Drain - TVTropes: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DownTheDrain

• Ghostbusters 2 - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPFoUd1mBF0

• LAND OF THE LOST INTRO - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSKIuJWRMaI

• possum attack - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hppS8rF1SY

• Crazy Ass Goose! - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OStX_wrWGg

• The Colour Out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft: www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/love…routofspace.htm

• Azathoth - H P Lovecraft - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqgzI5KnWbU

• LIttle Shop of Horrors - Suppertime - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcPnul77T8

• Pee Wee and Snakes: 3.bp.blogspot.com/-9KgHNfJBboo/TQq…e-wee+snakes.jpg

• Kill Bill - Black Mamba - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwLrx-umGfY

• tumblr_l2oir9npfC1qc073co1_400.gif 399×300 pixels: 24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oir9np…c073co1_400.gif

• EverQuest Trains: blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/09/30/i-…s-the-trains/

• Fight Club (1999) - Memorable quotes: www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/quotes

• Heart of Darkness - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_Darkness

• Lord Of War Trailer HD - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke79K4bO4P8

• Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I5OtlKjzJo

• Mr Treehorn Treats Objects Like Women - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SBQQVv_e8U

• Some Kind of Tube? - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqWuwZElgDg

• Harry Nilsson discography - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson_discography

• Orange/Blue Contrast in Movie Posters: www.slashfilm.com/orangeblue-contr…n-movie-posters/

• Diamond Dogs - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Dogs

• Seaman Trailer - Sega Dreamcast - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM-tZ5JQc3w

• Save Scumming - TVTropes: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SaveScumming

• Last Level of Contra: www.google.com/search?q=last%20l…&biw=1335&bih=930

• Crimson King - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_King

• Jonathan Coulton w/ John Roderick - Nemeses (Official Video) - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2eEICejB0

• Poetic Justice - Trailer - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OslJ2zbUaFQ

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about lockjaw, Gary’s distaste for Homestar Runner, more Breaking Bad spoilers, and a little bit about the first half of Earthbound.

LINKS OF NOTE:

• Tetanus - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanus

• The Exorcism Of Emily Rose Trailer HD - YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSy7DldFdUI

• Inhumans - Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhumans

• Amazon.com: Blue Microphones Snowball USB Microphone (White): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EO…=stunthdottran-20

• Amazon.com: Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BQ…=stunthdottran-20

• Homestar Runner: www.homestarrunner.com/

• Breaking Bad – AMC: www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get weird with the first half of EarthBound.
They say playing good RPGS (after a month of awful games) is healthful and dandy. We’ve found this to be true. Join us as we follow Ness and his friends on the most good-natured and surreal battle against unfathomable cosmic horrors ever to hit a screen. Also, fuzzy pickles.

• Earthbound: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthBound

• Starmen.net: starmen.net/

• Shigesato Itoi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigesato_Itoi

• Satoru Iwata: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoru_iwata

• Mother: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_(video_game)

• Mother 3: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_3

• The Shawshank Redemption: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hB3S9bIaco

• “Cat’s in the Cradle” - Harry Chapin: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUwjNBjqR-c

• Clifford (Martin Short Movie): www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBj31rJb_Ps

• Earthbound - Before I Play: beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Earthbound

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

• Another Moon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBmJW318Bw

• RPG Maker: www.rpgmakerweb.com/

• O.H.R.P.G.C.E. rpg.hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/Main_Page

• Walking Tall (2004): www.youtube.com/watch?v=X67H5J9ZMds

• Guided by Voices: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_By_Voices

• Cthulhu Saves the World: store.steampowered.com/app/107310/

• The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmsMLsxTbE8

• The Blues Brothers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjGfnsjdJec

• The Screaming Trees - “Nearly Lost You”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5f561Y1x4

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

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

• Age of Consent: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

• Final Fantasy IV: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_fantasy_iv

• Treehouse of Horror - Shinning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yGJGTjV2WE

• Phantasy Star 2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasy_Star_II

• The Who - “Won’t Get Fooled Again”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q

• The Who - “Baba O’Riley”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g

• James Taylor - “Fire and Rain”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T35WXFOmwI

• Mr. Saturn Font: www.zone38.net/font/

• “Mystic Mysidia”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtdCcviYl4

• “Welcome to the Machine”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk6iI1Fh4VQ&feature=fvst

• “In Living Color” Fly Dancers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHzZLVyuv98

• USB SNES Adapter: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IX…=stunthdottran-20

• Orthogonal Projection: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal_…onal_projections

• Isometric Perspective: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric_projection

• The Binding of Isaac: store.steampowered.com/app/113200/

• This Suit Burns Better: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJzRgYZgC0

• Homer’s Soul Mate: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMR53zHrdzg

• MC HONKY - “Sonnet No. 3 (Like A Duck): www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NurZeEtNQE

• Dr. Demento: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Demento

• CBT: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy

• Mysteries: Do They Exist? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo4tzrxyXsA

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about debauchery, random violence/tragedy, how fun it is to insult Kole, and a little bit about Sword of Mana.

• The Rape of the Lock: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_Of_The_Lock

• Live Rust: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000…veASIN=B000002KDI

• After the Gold Rush: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001VZ…veASIN=B001VZY4M8

• Shawn Elliot: twitter.com/ShawnElliott

• Availability Heuristic: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Availability_heuristic

• Se7en: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se7en

• Zodiac Killer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_killer

• Just World Fallacy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_world_fallacy

• Robert Cormier: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cormier

• The Chocolate War: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_chocolate_war

• Maurice Sendak: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_sendak

• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005…veASIN=B00005ATSM

• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005…veASIN=B00005ATSN

• Those Damn Ross Kids: duckfeed.tv/thosedamnrosskids

• The Secret of Mana: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00003…veASIN=B000035Y2Q

• Retronauts: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1up.c…auts/id200654721

• Double Dragon Remake: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPoD0VcVfK8

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lambast Sword of Mana.

It’s a veritable cornucopia of JRPG cliches: evil empire, plucky children, godlike powers… And a bunch of extraneous systems. It’s a remake of Final Fantasy Adventure, which was a perfectly good game, but it got spoiled. Listen and learn exactly how.

• Mystic Quest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Adventure

• One winged Angel: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneWingedAngel

• Jurassic Park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMue9j_RKg

• Pol Pot: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA

• Firefly, Star Trek, Arrested Development and Twin Peaks: www.avclub.com/articles/avqa-mos…ed-tv-shows,2485/

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

• Golbez: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGbT0M4rVJI

• Ed Wood tombstone thing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-pQ8q2sGIo

• The Pagemaster: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V63IXsl1FXM

• Tales from the Crypt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5x3zhmDQ7Q

• Abbot and Costello meet the dracula: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5s3_XV1rkA

• The Cat in Paris: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7e07c52VWg

• Ghost Trick: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2ied7wFCFM

• Image of Cibba: www.spriters-resource.com/gameboy_adva…bba_icon.png

• Sambo: i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/06…8-55_468x353.jpg

• Chocobo breeding: shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/ff7/chocobos.shtml

• Fresh Books.com: www.freshbooks.com/

• FF4: The after years: finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fa…e_After_Years

• Short Circuit 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfODTw6h6rE

• Never Ending Story Rock Biter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0VxGRWPh28

• Disc One Dungeon: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/…iscOneFinalDungeon

• Lyre bird video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

• Tappa tappa tappa: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5julb5Fg51w

• Chell fall damage: half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Long_Fall_Boot

• San Dimas HS Football Rules: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b6Ff9Qm2FU

• Zemus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXzyI8AUAw

• Nope! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQkxJ4WcXjA

• Sword of Mana final speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCajYYGZQQ

• Sperglord: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sperglord

• Scaramanga: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXsTPiK844A

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the Earl of Lemongrab, Moonrise Kingdom, Breaking Bad, and a little bit about Sacrifice.

• Frank Welker

• The Earl of Lemongrab

• Royal Tenenbaums "Needle in the Hay"

• Moonrise Kingdom

• For Your Consideration

• Awful Movie Database - "Preciously Awkward"

• The Binding of Isaac

• H. Jon Benjamin

• American Splendor

• Hope Davis

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross bleed Sacrifice dry upon the altar of Good Taste in Games.

You’re a wizard in a hostile land full of squabbling gods, each vying for the last scraps the shattered earth that float in the sky. You must ally with them and manipulate their struggle in order to save this world… or destroy it. Somehow, this premise is made tedious and awful by the clunky and unwieldy RTS gameplay. If you liked how negative we were during the Abe’s Oddysee episode, you’re in for a treat.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about t-shirt cannons, consoles vs. PC, save states, and a little bit about Bionic Commando.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross latch onto the finer points of Bionic Commando.

Pro-tip: There is no jump button. Instead, you must use your rad bionic arm to swing into the hidden bases of the Badds (NOT THE NAZIS) and rescue your mentor and life-mate Super Joe. In the process, you’ll blow up lightning Hitler and escape a nuclear island by grappling to a helicopter.

• Bionic Commando

• Commando

• Top Secret!

• Pop Secret

• American History X

• Heavy D and the Boyz

• "Ziggy Startdust" - David Bowie

• Junko Tamiya

• Cuckoo Attack

• Dark Souls

• Ikari Warriors

• Rygar (NES)

• Rygar (PS2)

• Bionic Commando (2009)

• Hammer Bros.

• Umbrella Corporation

• Little Shop of Horrors

• Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

• GaGaGaGaGa - Spoon

• Doom 3

• Duct Tape Mod

• "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee" - WOFF!

• Bionic Commando Script FAQ

• Zen Koan

• The Floor is Lava

• Donkey Kong Jr.

• "Mega Man X" - WOFF!

• Funeral Monologue from Synecdoche, New York

• "Starman" - David Bowie

• The Boys of Brazil

• Brazil (Film)

• Shadow of the Colossus

• Strong Bad Email - "Videogame"

• Bionic Commando Ending (Exploding Hitler)

• Kilgore Trout

• Breakfast of Champions

• Ice-nine

• Project Paperclip

• Bubsy

• Little Nemo: Dream Master

• Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! - "Pork"

• Triumph of the Will

• Ninjas vs. Podcast

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about a particular episode of The Simpsons, Pokemon, the Talking Heads, and a little bit about Psi-Ops.

• Lisa the Vegetarian

• You Only Move Twice

• "Sorry It's Not in Packages"

• Hank Scorpio's Coat

• Gordy Howe

• John Byrne

• Adventure Time

• Zapdos

• Pokemon Snap

• Rule of Thirds

• The New Tetris

• Tetris Attack

• Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime"

• Talking Heads - "Stay Up Late"

• Talking Heads - "Burning Down the House"

• Talking Heads - "Building on Fire"

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross hurl mixed praise at Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy… With their minds.

You’re Nick Scryer (GET IT!?) and you can run, shoot, sneak, and bang people against walls like bloody, screaming rag dolls. Or make their heads explode. There’s a bunch of other stuff, with weird bosses and invisible monstrosities from beyond… But that’s all pretty bad. Let’s spend a lot of time talking about how fun TK is.

• Psi-Ops

• Your Head A-Splode

• Good Jorb

• Second Sight

• Sack Lunch

• Uhh Yeah Dude - "Denny's" - GET IT!?

• Scrye Magazine

• 9/11

• Metal Gear Series

• Syphon Filter

• Havok Engine

• Goomba

• Emergent Gameplay

• Dr. Hibbert

• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire

• Dark Souls

• Batman: Arkham City

• Deus Ex

• Door to Before

• Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

• OSHA

• MacGuffin

• Goof Troop

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution

• "Dead Man's Party" - Oingo Boingo

• F.E.A.R.

• Zoolander - Inside the COmputer

• Kludge

• From Beyond

• Look Around You - Sulphur

• Total Recall

• Great Expectations

• The Royal Tenenbaums

• "Needle in the Hay" - Elliot Smith

• Rushmore

• Advent Rising

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform Boston chiptunes, sleepwalking, game novelizations, and a little bit about the MacVenture series.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross die repeatedly in their attempt to talk about the MacVenture games (Deja Vu, Uninvited, and Shadowgate).

Hi! Can I ask you a question? Do you like pointing? Do you like clicking? Then you’ll sure love these three games. Before LucasArts, there was the MacVenture series… a group of games that pioneered the graphical point-and-click adventure genre as we know it. This episode is a rapid-fire revue of three of the four games in the series: Deja Vu, Uninvited, and most famously, Shadowgate.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grinding, posthumous fame, and Joss Whedon.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross, despite their lack of fitness, survive long enough to discuss E.V.O.: The Search for Eden.

You have 4.6 billion years to turn from a fish into a human so that you can have sex with the planet Earth. And that’s just the beginning of how weird E.V.O. is, which is probably why so many people hold the game so dear. Has it aged well, or should it be sent back into the primordial ooze?

• E.V.O.: The Search for Eden

• Evolution

• Chrono Trigger

• Order of Magnitude

• Pern

• Fantavision

• Spore

• [IGN Article about Spore and E.V.O.]

• Earthbound

• Breath of Fire III

• Simon Belmont

• B.C.

• Unagi

• Stun locking

• P-Wing

• Honey Comb Commercial

• Dino Crisis

• "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" - Elton John

• Natural Lite

• Bros Icing Bros.

• Lotus Pod

• Bot Fly

• Load-Bearing Boss

• Spoony Bard

• Island of Dr. Moreau

• Fiji Mermaid

• Ecco the Dolphin

• Jelly Dildo

• Contra Last Level

• L.A. Noire

• Star Wars: Droidworks

• Will Wright

• Captain Novolin

• "Needy Girl" - Chromeo

• Frank Grimes

• Dross - Definition

• Andross

• Star Fox

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross try out the skit material, bad organic art, and tattoos.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross will the second part of their Planescape: Torment episode into existence.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross software updates, Emmanuelle, not missing Bart at all (BOH!).

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get saccharine about Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.

Klonoa nyaahs like a cat and is anime as hell. He’s also fated to save the world of dreams from Ghadius, who wants to unleash nightmares into the world. Is this cult classic overrated? Underrated? Listen and find out.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross gender benders, corn orbs, and survival-horror based crushes.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross leap into bottomless pits of effusive praise for Silent Hill 2.

James Sunderland is a haunted man in a haunted town. Beckoned to Silent Hill by a letter from his dying wife, James is tortured by guilt as he’s drawn ever closer to revealing his own terrible secrets.

• Lazy Horse Mattresses

• Silent Hill 2

• Silent Hill HD Collection

• Arc Words

• Itchy Tasty

• H.P. Lovecraft

• [Pyramid Head Rape Scene]

• Blue Velvet

• Pyramid Head Introduction

• Slender Man

• Silent Hill 4: The Room

• Walter Sullivan

• The Making of Silent Hill 2

• Problem Child

• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

• Jacob's Ladder

• Shalebridge Cradle

• "Under the Pyramids"

• House of Leaves

• Maria Prison Cell Cutscene

• Amnesia: The Dark Descent

• There Will Be Blood

• Frosty Chocolate Milkshakes

• The Hudsucker Proxy

• Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

• How long is Resident Evil 4

• The Something Awful Forums

• Pee Wee's Big Adventure

• Backlog Killer

• Synecdoche, NY Eulogy

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross discuss Action Castle, the blind, and GamePro.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross grind Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee to a pulp.

Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is a puzzle platformer that was revered in its time for its beautiful graphics, excellent sound, and abundant character. Unfortunately, its trial-and-error nature hasn’t aged well. This is possibly the most negative we’ve ever gotten about a game.

• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee

• Oddworld: Abe's Exodus

• Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

• Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

• Abraham

• Abe's Oddysee Opening

• Good Ending

• Bad Ending

• Lemmings

• Lorne Lanning

• Rats Off to Ya!

• Midgar

• Castor Oil

• One - Metallica (Guitar Hero III)

• WOFF- Zombies Ate My Neighbors

• Samsara

• Oddworld Video Walkthrough

• Oddworld Speed Run

• Taco Bell's Five Ingredients Combined in Totally New Way - The Onion

• Flying Toaster Screensaver

• Maze Screensaver

• Rotoscoping

• Blind man beats Abe's Oddysee

• "First They Came..."

• Shout Factory

• Gang Stalking

• Baby Cakes - Diary #2 "When life attacks"

• House of Leaves

• Guardian Angel Ending

• Brooks Was Here

• Flashback

• Out of This World

• Heart of Darkness

• GunnerKrigg Court

• Steak-Umm

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross seedy hotels, Scrooge McDuck’s dark past, and free strategy guides.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross capitalize on the nostalgic popularity of Duck Tales.

Duck Tales is regarded as one of the best NES games, and for good reason. Scrooge’s journey from the Himalayas to Transylvania to the Moon and back to Transylvania a few more times is one of the most novel and fun platformers around. Plus, that Moon music.

• Duck Tales

• Duck Tales Manual

• Gordon Gecko

• Knockback

• Darkwing Duck

• Olmec

• Legends of the Hidden Temple

• Duck Tales Movie

• Duck Tales Speed Run

• The Snow Leopard

• Edge Spawning

• Duck Tales Moon/Final Fantasy 6

• Duck Tales/ Sonic

• Moon / Advantage

• Moon / Mario Paint

• Frostillicus "Moon Pie"

• Super Mario 3D Land

• The Gift of the Magi

• Super secret ending

• Duckman

• The Adventures of Rad Gravity (I was wrong about which game it was! This is unrelated and hideous)

• McKids

• NES Flicker

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Brian Doyle Murray, exposition, and Christmas memories.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross kvetch about Metroid Fusion.

What began as the most divisive game WOFF has ever covered quickly became the game we loved to bash. Metroid Fusion is the black sheep of the Metroid series, having broken many conventions and flown in the face of what people loved about Super Metroid. Turns out, it’s not these strange design decisions we disliked, but other more fundamental flaws. Not even close encounters with the infamous SA-X could salvage this one.

• Metroid Fusion

• "Dragula" - Rob Zombie

• unseen64.net - Metroid 4

• Metroid: Other M

• Dead Space

• Blue Velvet Trailer

• Haunting Ground

• "YYZ" - Rush

• Resident Evil 5

• "Yakkety Sax" - Boots Randolph

• Jack Skellington

• Tetsuo

• Resident Evil

• Metroid Fusion - Secret Message

• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross Downton Abbey, great lengths, and chronological perspective.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross survive after the end, and talk about the last half of Final Fantasy VI.

Welp, we done lost. Kefka destroyed the world, and it seems like all hope is lost. The Returners have to conquer their pasts and regroup to storm Kefka’s tower, and bring rid the world of magic’s corrupting influence.

• Final Fantasy VI - Wikipedia

• There's Always Money in the Banana Stand - Youtube

• Fantasy Made Reality: Final Fantasy IX - Gamespite

• FF6/7 Design Doc - Via @gogothemimic

• Psychonauts - Wikipedia

• Inception - IMDB

• Romulus and Remus - Wikipedia

• Friedrich Nietzche - Wikipedia

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross game shame, literature, and college music.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross perform a delightful and emotionally affecting opera about the first half of Final Fantasy VI.

The Empire is casting a black shadow across the land, and the Returners fight an increasingly futile battle to keep them at bay. Everything changes when a mysterious and magical woman breaks free from her slavery to the Empire, and sets the end of the world into motion.

• Final Fantasy VI

• Haunting Ground

• General Leo's Haircut

• It's a Ghost Car!

• Vector

• Akira Toriyama

• Kefka Cosplay

• Breath of Death VII

• Cthulhu Saves the World

• Let's Break Final Fantasy III

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross McRibs, Fatal1ty, and bus monsters.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross float to the moon to talk about Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins.

Mario has returned to his kingdom, only to find his throne usurped by the devious Wario. He must now venture forth and gather the six golden coins to unlock his castle and kick Wario out.

• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins - Wikipedia

• SML2 Glitched - YouTube

• Super Mario Land 2 Commercial

• Hornet Hole - TV Tropes

• Manga iconography - Wikipedia

• Super Mario Bros. 3 - Giant Land - YouTube

• Harley's Humongous Adventure - Wikipedia

• DuckTales - Wikipedia)

• Mode 7 - Wikipedia

• WestWorld - Wikipedia

• Sonic Drowning Music

• I Wanna Be the Guy

• Goonies 2 Music

• Press Pause Radio

• Fatal1ty Gamer Grub Ad

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross narrative, hypocrisy, and foreign lands.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross go on at length about The Longest Journey.

The worlds are in peril, and it’s up to April Ryan to fulfill the prophecies and team up with a talking bird to maintain the Balance. The Longest Journey is the magnum opus (emphasis on magnum) of the adventure genre, and we talk about every last minute of it.

• The Longest Journey - Wikipedia

• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Xbox.com

• Universal Hint System

• Gaslighting

• The Simarillion

• Brett Gellman

• Mr. Show - Hotdog Kid

• Cloaca

• Dale Gribble

• Twin Peaks - Cooper's Dream

• Ignignokt and Err

• Cartilage Head

• Edward Gorey

• Get Lamp

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross past experiences with Shadowrun, pen and paper RPGs, and try out weird accents.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross plug in and talk about Shadowrun for the Sega Genesis.

It’s a dystopian cyberpunk future, and your brother is dead. By committing contract crimes and hacking into computers, you get to the bottom of the mystery and save the world. This game was very ahead of its time, being an open world RPG on a 16-bit system.

• Shadowrun (Sega Genesis Game) - Wikipedia

• "I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Wow

• Starlight Zone - Youtube

• Stop Teasing Me With Fake Freedom - Rock Paper Shotgun

• Uplink - Wikipedia

• Cyberpunk - Wikipedia

• Snow Crash

• Neuromancer

• Perineum

• Shadowrun Wikia

• "Everything Bad is Good for You" by Steven Johnson

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross quaff the heady potion that is Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

Dr. Tongue is wreaking havoc on suburbia, as creatures of the night spill forth from the soil and devour the innocent. It’s up to you to grab a friend and save your neighbor’s lives. This is possibly the most difficult game we’ve covered thus far.

• Mr. Show - "Monster Parties: Fact or Fiction?" (YouTube)

• Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Wikipedia

• Zombies Ate My Neighbors Box Scan - Gamefaqs

• "Spikes" Level (Ignore the awful commentary)

• Samsara - Wikipedia

• Nintendo Hard - TV Tropes

• List of LucasArts Games - Wikipedia

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross shine some daylight on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

Being a vampire is tough. You’re doomed to an eternity of walking the Earth as a cursed living corpse, and most of those millennia will be spent running errands for your social betters. Bloodlines is a rare game in a rare genre, notorious for its troubled development and lauded for its great writing. Does it live up to its many-coloned name?

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross jump right into Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

The Mushroom Kingdom is in peril. The princess is missing, Bowser has been kicked out his home by a dimension-hopping blacksmith, and the Star Road has been destroyed. It’s up to Mario, a cloud prince who thinks he’s a frog, and a star-powered doll to set everything right.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross lose their minds re: Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

Welcome, Stranger, to a macabre world of undescribable cosmic horror. Feel how insignificant you are when face with non-euclidian angles and strange beasts. Don’t ask too many questions, though, and certainly don’t forget to lock your hotel door. Mwahahaha…

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross get literary about Myst.

Come with us to a magical world of sedate wandering, perplexing puzzles, and power-hungry brothers. Myst is one of the most well-known, and misunderstood titles on the PC, and we’re here to set the record straight.

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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross ruminate on Mega Man X in this inaugural episode of Watch Out For Fireballs!

To get you up to speed, every Maverick is a Reploid, but not all Reploids are Mavericks. X, Zero, and Sigma are characters, not math terms. And nobody knows what the hell a Kuwanger is.