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We know this is a good game. We're just overwhelmed.

Plant week begins with some dangerous, dangerous plants.

Nick and Brayton, joined by Gary, talk about Bithell's newest adventure game and the western goof'em'up by Asymmetric. Stay tuned to the end for a special announcement!

Kole, Ben, and David talk about Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, the post-facto Half-Life 3 story leak, and we ask you about video game remakes.

• Valve writer posts what would have been the plot of Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
• Yakuza 2 is getting a Kiwami remake.
• How Wolfenstein 3D’s blood fizzle works.

• Let’s talk about game remakes!

• Kole: Sonic Mania.
• David: Shadow Warrior 2.
• Ben: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

Links:

• Half-Life 2 Episode 3 plot | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Fizzlefade

It's time for Jerks in (Ethereal) Space!

This is the first of our monthly listener response episodes under the new model, gathering your thoughts on the Final Fantasy IV saga.

Up next in September, we have Bat Month. Which means the Batman NES game, and Batman: Arkahm Asylum. October brings us Resident Evil month, featuring Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, and Resident Evil 7.

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Links:

• Legends of Localization
• United States of Tara - Wikipedia
• Retronauts Live Episode 49: Final Fantasy IV - Retro Uprising
• Like Final Fantasy IV? Want to play it online with friends? Final Fantasy Remnants. : FinalFantasy
• Space Station 13 - Wikipedia
• (3) Top 10 Longest Speedruns - YouTube
• (3) Final Fantasy IV by nocashnocash in 3:33:05 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 - Part 160 - YouTube

R.E.M. set out to make an idyllic album about summer, but instead made a product that showed the world just how comfortable they'd gotten. The highs are still high, but the search for what R.E.M.'s voice would be would continue.

Links:

• r.e.m.IX - Wikipedia
• The Lifting (Original Version) - YouTube
• (1) Beat A Drum (Dalkey Demo) - YouTube
• (1) 2JN - YouTube
• (1) REM / Yellow River - YouTube
• (1) 165 Hillcrest (R.E.M) - YouTube
• (1) Summer Turns To High (32 Chord Song Demo) - YouTube
• (1) R.E.M. - Fascinating - YouTube
• (1) R.E.M. Reveal February 2001 Advance Master - YouTube
• (1) REM - Favorite writer - YouTube

You only get one shot.

Kris and Kole talk about forgery, recycling, and workplace inconvenience.

ALSO: Dewy. Falltime festivals. Tiger Woods’s feel good hit of the summer. Fake Tiffany. Gutter Oil. I caught a drunk. Pooping next to a dead man. We lost a tortoise. Out of ninjas. Game rehab goes bad.

Arizona Travel Guide 2017.