Real Lich Hours

This week, we say “so long, Seattle!” and give our own final thoughts on the Dead Man’s Switch campaign before reading what you have to say about this, the least-loved of the Shadowrun Returns trilogy.

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

Shadowrun Returns ends with a whimper as we finish of Jessica and bring the insect threat to its knees with the use of our special mold shotguns. Now, we just have to decide what to do with her.

Also discussed:

• More bugs!

• How we’d improve the final mission, and the game in general.

• What juicy North American content do we lose out upon by moving the series abroad?

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

We near the end of the Dead Man’s Switch campaign for Shadowrun Returns, as we learn about the true threat the bug spirits pose and take on our last job to root out the infestation beneath the Seattle Universal Brotherhood headquarters.

Also Discussed:

• Bug Spirits!

• Pistols and Shotguns

• Harlequin

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

With the Ripper dead, we join Sam’s sister Jessica at the funeral she’s throwing for Sam and their mother. Little did we know that she’s the reason Sam died, and there’s cults about. This means we’re headed deep into the Universal Brotherhood.

Also Discussed:

• Maria Mercurial

• Street drugs

• Ghouls

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

The Ripper strikes again! This time, it’s an unlucky someone down at the National Transportation Safety Board warehouse with a chest cavity full of soup. The problem is, there are no witnesses. At least, there are no corporeal witnesses.

Also discussed:

• Shadows of North America: The Great Ghost Dance

• Under the Hood: Hiring Runners

• Grimoire: Spirits

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!T

Pike’s Place is a famous tourist trap in real life, but in Shadowrun… it’s also a tourist trap. But there are also active murder scene investigations, VR drug dens, and some leads on the people who might know what happened to our friend Sam.

Also Discussed:

• The Neo Anarchist’s Guide: Simlink technology and BTLs.

• Paranormal Animals of North America: Hellhounds

• Under the Hood: Cover

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

Hey everyone! It’s Jake Armitage! From the cult hit Super Nintendo game Shadowrun. And he’s taking us to the Redmond Barrens. We must be real shadowrunners now.

Also Discussed:

• The Neo Anarchist’s Guide: The Halloweeners

• ShadowTalk: Jake Armitage and fanservice

This week we begin Dead Man’s Switch, the first of the three Shadowrun Returns games. Our runner is at the end of their rope, penniless and without any leads on jobs. Then they get a pre-recorded phone call from a deceased former colleague, promising a life-changing sum of money if they can solve the murder mystery. So, we suit up and head to SeaTac.

Also Discussed:

• Essence in Shadowrun

• What it means to be SINless

Step it up, chummer, we’ve got a whole new season of Real Lich Hours for ya. That’s right, we’re beginning our coverage of the Shadowrun Returns trilogy of games!

But before we get into those, we want to give a little bit of a history an overview of Shadowrun itself, a long-running cyberpunk fantasy tabletop game with amazing lore and obtuse mechanics.

If you want to hear our previous podcast coverage of all things Shadowrun, here are some links:

• Monster in My Podcast Season 2: Paranormal Animals of North America

• Watch Out for Fireballs! 7: Shadowrun (Genesis)

• Watch Out for Fireballs! 36: Shadowrun (SNES)

• Watch Out for Fireballs! 264: Shadowrun: Dragonfall

• Watch Out for Fireballs! 380: Shadowrun: Hong Kong (Part 1)

• Watch Out for Fireballs! 381: Shadowrun: Hong Kong (Part 2)

• Abject Suffering 42: Shadowrun (Xbox 360)

Thank you to Darrin Michelson for our art this season, and to Gwen Static for the music!

The Planescape Torment podcast from Duckfeed.tv with art by Drew Weing and music by Gwen Static.

In this episode we get Ravel to get Unraveled.

Other Segments:

• The Wizard’s Handbook: Spells of Revels

• Up on a Soapbox: Dialogue Boss Fights

• Factol's Manifesto: Sign of One