Literate Gamer

Literate Gamer

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Literate Gamer episodes

  • Platformer Short - Contra

    Another platformer classic: Contra! Still available easily on PC via the "Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra"

    https://www.amazon.com/Konami-Collectors-Castlevania-Contra-PC/dp/B00006969T

    The Konami Code:

    Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start
    (or select start for 2 player)

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    13 min
  • Platformer Short - Mega Man 2

    Jonathan talks about Mega Man 2, a benchmark not just for a prolific franchise, but for the entire platforming side-scrolling genre.

    Jaunty remixes of the amazing music found here

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    18 min
  • Nintendo Switch and Couch Co-op

    Jonathan and Nick discuss a wonderful variety of Couch Co-op games on the Nintendo Switch. Overcooked, Crawl, Moon Hunters, and other gems.

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    50 min
  • Monster Hunter World

    This week Nick and Jonathan discuss Monster Hunter World, the latest in a franchise of third-person action dinosaur boss battles (no robot dinosaurs!).

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    48 min
  • Platformer Short - Metroid

    This week in Platformer Shorts, Jonathan goes on about the Nintendo game Metroid, the side-scrolling ,open world, action platformer: the first of a great franchise.

    Some tips for the American version with passwords: the "JUSTIN BAILEY" code lets the player play as Samus without her Power Suit, and "NARPAS SWORD" grants Samus infinite ammunition, health, all power-ups, and a modified Ice Beam.

    12 min
  • Virtual Reality games

    Nick and Jonathan pontificate about Virtual Reality and their experiences with it: PSVR and VIVE. We have mixed feelings about the state of the VR industry, where it will go, and where it might go.

    360 YouTube video you can visit with your smartphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMomKIt1uWA&t=0s&index=2&list=PLYXqP-wYwFb1QiVTIYjMftI5aZCERYfJf

    Conan O’Brien plays Job Simulator in VR:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqugCQzWOYA&index=1&list=PLYXqP-wYwFb1QiVTIYjMftI5aZCERYfJf

    That Bad Mother Fucker music video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY

    50 min
  • Super Mario Brothers 2 - Platformer Short

    Jonathan waxes nostalgically about Super Mario Brothers 2 ( “Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic”) because Nick is mean, but an otherwise amazing person, and won't let him talk about platformers during regular recordings because they are stupid (It has nothing to do with the fact that he's bad at them).

    It's possible that Nick wrote these show notes, and the opinions contained within may not reflect Jonathan's opinions on anything, because he's a dumb-head.

    No one reads these show notes anyway.

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    13 min
  • World of Darkness - The Dark Archive

    Nick and Jonathan speak with James Davey, host of the Dark Archive, about the World of Darkness series of tabletop role-playing games, and the stories and history within.

    James' podcast the Dark Archive is very good. Go listen to it once you're done.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dark-archive/id1292113032?mt=2

    http://toppodcast.com/podcast_feeds/the-dark-archive-james-davey/
    https://darkarchivepod.com/
    https://www.facebook.com/TheDarkArchive/

    1 hr 20 min

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OctopusPark's Literate Gamer: a discussion of games, their meaning, and their impact on people and art.