Greetings fellow nerds, it is July 29, 2012, and welcome to episode #12 of the Instagib podcast, the one stop shop for multiplayer gaming goodness.  My name is Jason Thomas and I'm joined, as always, by the perpetual player 2, Aidan. “I’m plugged in and ready to play! (Aidan)” “That’s what I like to hear. (Jason)”

We’ve got some great stuff for you this week, including the original horde mode, zombies and more zombies.

Show Updates, Feedback, Emails

Recap of previous week (Worms Reloaded and World Party)

Thanks to our sponsor, NFOservers.com for providing game and ventrilo hosting

CONTEST: outro, ending in 1 week

Preface

What have we been playing this week? (MP terms, of course)

Multiplayer Game News

Mists of Pandaria Release date and Digital Collectors Edition - 9/25/2012

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/blizzard-offers-digital-perks-for-mists-of-pandaria-downloaders/

PS Vita overheating...design defect to blame?

http://kotaku.com/5928806/ps-vita-defect-isnt-to-blame-for-burning-incidents-says-sony

 Classic Game of the Week: SmashTV (http://www.flash-mania.eu/en/php/nintendo/guerre/053-big.php)

Info: 1990 arcade game created by Eugene Jarvis and Mark Turmell for Williams

Release for arcade and for Commodore 64, Atari, ports to NES/SNES, and more

Top down level based shooter (think Galaga with more freedom of movement and team play)

Talking points

Development -

Made to eat quarters - insane difficulty curve

Simple to play, difficult to master

Variety in gameplay - does it age well?

Difficulty changes when adding players

Modern Game of the Week: Left 4 Dead

Info: 2008 PC game created by Valve

Squad based Zombie horror survival

Talking points

Promotion of the game - intro movie on Halloween, free content updates

The first truly good port of the action-oriented horror movie into gaming?

The survivors - preference?

Weapon choices

The enemies - strategies/favorites/most “Oh shit!” moments

Levels - relative difficulty, common mistakes

L4D1 VS. L4D2

progress in the difficulty levels - how far have you gotten?

New players - how to avoid the “GTFO NOOB!! party members”

Closing

Contest reminder (if applicable)

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The Guardian Tank

Lore Stories

Closing Remarks

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The Instagib Podcast is written and edited by Jason Thomas and Aidan Feay.  Instagib is produced by Daniel Keating and is a member of Happy Nerd Media, embrace what makes you happy.  Our closing is Pills Here, made by Johnny Medlar and available for free on YouTube.

That’s all for this week from Instagib, where you can’t read my my my Smoker Face. (He’s got to lick somebody).