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Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross talk about the remainder of Hyper Light Drifter.

Links:

• FFVII - Midgar Zolom - Earliest/Lowest Level Beta - YouTube

• Pee-Wee the loner rebel - YouTube

• The Joker- Steve Miller Band - YouTube

• The Thermals - Never Listen to Me - YouTube

• In Depth: Hyper Light Drifter Lore and Story Analysis - YouTube

We’re here to finish out Season 2 with not a bang, nor a whimper, but one fantastic episode and two absolutely dismal episodes. First, Gary and Jeremy travel through millions of miles of space to direct the X-Men in three brand new TV shows. That’s right, we FINALLY get to meet Mojo, and I’m not kidding when I say this is the best episode of the series so far. The last two episodes are spent in the (grooaaaaannn) Savage Land wrapping up the seasons long questions of “where’s xavier?” and “why do we have to talk about the Savage Land so much?” They’re not great episodes, but luckily bad episodes make fertile ground for great goofs.

At the end of this episode we talk about a poll to decide whether we’re going to cover X-Men 2 or the failed pilot of Generation X next on the show. We’re not gonna do that poll. Instead, the next episode will cover X-Men 2, and we’re going to save Generation X for a surprise thing Duckfeed is doing.

Episodes Covered
211: Mojovision
212: Reunion, Part 1
213: Reunion, Part 2

A walking commercial for Puppy Pepcid. Pupcid.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and Jala talk about Invisible Inc., Discord’s community problems, and we ask you which games would make for good Bonus Level episodes.

• Portal is on Microsoft Holo-Lens.

• Fire Emblem Heroes is going to get story DLC.

• People do crazy things to get Fire Emblem Heroes characters.

• Discord has serious community problems.

• What game would make for a good Bonus Level?

• Dennis: GearVR stuff. Fire Emblem Heroes. Invisible Inc. DOOM.

• Jala: Steins;Gate. Overwatch.

• Ben: Transistor. XCOM 2.

• Kole: Rocksmith 2014. Resident Evil 7 DLC.

• Free the Captives' 3rd Annual Freedom Fest & 5K - A2C Phoenixes

• Portal for the Microsoft HoloLens is a triumph - Polygon

• Fire Emblem Heroes will be getting two additional stories as DLC per month

• Fire Emblem Heroes players go to great lengths to get favorite characters - Polygon

• How a Video Game Chat Client Became the Web’s New Cesspool of Abuse

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross read your responses to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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Links:

• Nocturne in the Moonlight: Cursed Prison Theme - YouTube
• The Critic - Ross Perot - Not the right clip, but also good.
• Godspeed Boots clip

Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross delve through Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for our 150th episode spectacular!

We're creatures of habit and pattern, not creatures of the night. Whenever we hit one of these big anniversary episodes, we want to blow the doors off and really play something noteworthy. Symphony of the Night is one of the most beloved games of all time. It took elements of Super Metroid, added RPG elements, and created a genre that still dominates certain parts of the industry. But looking back, we try to decide if it all hangs together as well as we remember.

Thanks so much for listening and joining us for 150 episodes (and more).

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Links:

• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Gameplay at E3 2016 - YouTube
• AGDQ Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Race Benauton vs Dragonblitz vs Epic vs romscout #AGDQ2015 - YouTube
• Metroidvania - YouTube
• castlevania canceled games: Castlevania SOTN Alucard gameplay(Game.Com) - YouTube
• André Malraux - Wikipedia
• Retro Review: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - YouTube
• Get a Life opening credits - YouTube

Why don't Teenage Dirtbags come and wash away the rain? Because we're busy watching this artifact:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg

Are you a DM who needs an excuse to join the action with your players? Then the Haunt may be for you!

Let's find out what's next for Roland, and meet the first of many new friends.

This week, Kole Ross is joined by Evan Jones Thorne, Jeremy Greer, and Stephen Veilleux to kick off season 2 of the show, "The Drawing of the Three". We rejoin Roland as he sits on the beach, dreaming in a daze about the words of the Man in Black as a Lobstrosity bites his fingers off. And that's just the start of Roland's no good very bad day, as he sets out to find his door into the mind of Eddie Dean, one of the best characters in the series.

Links:

• Dark Souls II - The Rock Lobster - YouTube
• Monster Of The Week
• How Iron Keep and Earthen Peak Connect (With no-clip and map viewer) - YouTube — This nerdy Dark Souls II thing we reference. It's a pox on the network!

A crocodile slides a mile with no legs and a great big smile.