Oral Gex

izzy and em continue their journey through Gex 2, making a pit stop to generate some totally original Gex content using the power of ChatGPT

links referenced:

• Keanu Reeves Says He Married Winona Ryder 'Under the Eyes of God' While Shooting 'Dracula' Scene (People Magazine)
• "Down the Drain" sequence from The Neverhood
• Making of The Neverhood (part 1)
• Bruce Straley recalling Out of Toon level design (from Noclip's Crystal Dynamics documentary)
• Secret GEX: Enter the Gecko Webpage (via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine)

izzy and em return from a gexless hiatus, beginning their much anticipated playthrough of Gex (3D): Enter the Gecko.

links referenced:

• Mitsuo Senda (Wikipedia)
• Glover Is Coming Back, For Some Reason (GameSpot)
• wabbit season bit (via LongplayArchives video)
• elevator painting gag (via LongplayArchives video)
• Hot Shots Golf 2 (PlayStation Store)
• Hot Shots Golf 2 gameplay (via Gextra Life 2018)
• Tommy Westphall (Wikipedia)

izzy and em finally put Gex (1995) to rest after discussing some behind-the-scenes details about the game's troubled development and reviewing concept art from the game's secret ending.

links referenced:

• 1997 retrospective article by Greg Tavares (Lead Programmer)
• Gex Prototype (The Cutting Room Floor)
• GEX-RAY screenshot from alpha prototype
• Liquid Rez (Gex Wiki)
• Concept art segment of secret ending video
• How to Draw Gex & the Gang (Internet Archive)
• Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival gameplay video
• Credits music
• Transcription of lyrics from credits music

izzy and em wrap up their discussion of Gex (1995) with Rezopolis and Planet X. izzy goes on an emotional journey with the secret ending while emilia embarrasses herself by not knowing what Newton's third law is.

links referenced:

• Weemote photo (stolen from an eBay listing)
• Planet X - Clothesline level gameplay video
• Secret Ending/Concept Art/Credits video
• Secret Ending full text transcription
• Gex OST - The Project
• Rez (2001) gameplay video

izzy and em continue to discuss the critically acclaimed best-selling 1995 video game (one million copies) Gex in a problematic double feature of Jungle World and Kung Fuville.

links referenced:

• Ristar - Snake Boss
• izzy cornered by rude fish
• Toxic Turtle - Gex Wiki
• TMNT II - Nom Noms clip
• All Gex 1 Bonus Levels
• Dana Gould’s Podcast

izzy and em discuss on-disc trailers for other Crystal Dynamics titles, A Real Human Man Named Gex, and the level design of New Toonland (the second world in Gex 1)

links referenced

• Crystal Dynamics sizzle reel from Gex PS1
• Slam 'N Jam '95 trailer from Gex 3DO
• On Skyrim’s launch day, two parents named their newborn son Dovahkiin and won a lifetime supply of Bethesda games: Here’s where they are now - Gamesradar
• Toontown Online trailer
• ToonStruck trailer
• Gex gets NOTHING
• Boogerman longplay

izzy & emilia discuss Gex's dead relatives and their experiences playing the first world of the first game.

links referenced

• Gex 3DO manual
• Gex Wiki
• Gex Japanese Cover Art
• Garfield: Caught in the Act longplay
• Gex Statue in cluttered room
• Crystal Dynamics 30th Anniversary tweet
• Gex trademark filed in Europe (via @gematsu on Twitter)
• Reaping/Sowing tweet

izzy & emilia introduce themselves, briefly discuss their history with Gex, and lightly touch on some of the lesser known lore prior to beginning their playthrough of Gex (1995)

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links referenced:

• Which Gex port is better, PS1 or Saturn? - Retrogaming Roundtable
• Gex Week Thread on Twitter
• Recording of Gex Microtalk for Funomena
• 1982: The Hobbit - 50 Years of Text Games