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Kris and Kole talk about sickness, inhalants, and food marketing fads.
ALSO: The black lung. Huffing markers. Institutional synesthesia. Throat confusion. Whole Foods pooping and kale-fed chicken. Bushiness. Being sick. Male enhancement. Sex Selfie Stick. Love rag. Zorkzax Was Here. Bacon and kale are on the way out. Don't throw a pizza on that roof. The Streisand Effect. Basic.
Countdown to when Iron Man bursts through my apartment wall to issue a cease and desist. Then the Goof Troop will haul me off to the big mouse.
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read listener responses about Lords of the Fallen.
LINKS OF NOTE:Plague Knight DLC
ZombiU
NSMB2
Shitheads Break Up
Literally the thing that GamerGate is furious about
Worst Person Alive?
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Hotline Miami 2, the changes they made to the DmC Remastered edition, and we ask you which games need to be played all the way to the end.
The Brief:Texas incentivizes game development.
This War of Mine charity DLC.
Uncomfortable line dropped from DmC Remastered.
Batman Arkham Knight is rated M for blood.
What games do people need to play all the way through to the end?
Jala: A Story About My Uncle.
Ben: 80 Days. Monument Valley.
Dennis: OlliOlli 2. Dungeon Defenders.
Kole: The New 3DS. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number.
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to game book and Choose Your Own Adventures.
LINKS OF NOTE:[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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On this occasion, Abject Suffering finally comes into its own, transforming into what we always knew it would be: The Egg Cast. Thank you for ushering in this apotheosis, Dizzy.
Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross discuss the last leg of Lords of the Fallen, from the return to the Rhogar Temple up through the ending of the game. Also, stick around for our final thoughts on the game and how it stacks up.
LINKS OF NOTE:L4D Commentary
Tor Johnson
SH: Homecoming
Spawn Toy
Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Valve's GDC announcements, a whole bevy of older games, and we ask you which lost or ignored gaming gems you wish would come back.
The BriefSteam Link and Steam Controller dated, priced.
Vive Headset details emerge.
Source 2 engine announced.
Batman: Arkham Underground.
What lost/ignored gaming gem do you wish would come back?
Dennis: SSX.
Kole: OlliOlli 2. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright.
David: Destiny.
Ben: X-COM: Enemy Unknown.
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.
LINKS OF NOTE:[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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