The Unofficial PopCap PopCast

Former PopCap Games writer/designer Steve Notley plays games he did stuff on!

This week: Part 6 of 6 of Peggle Adventure mode, featuring the trans-ultimate challenges of the Master Levels! Egad!

Be amazed as Steve semi-competently completes five of the hardest Peggle levels ever made. Golly!

CHAPTERS

00:00  Pop Plays
00:18  Hello Greetings Welcome
00:44  Peggle
00:52  The True Test of a Master
01:21  11-1 Paw Reader
03:39  11-2 End of Time
07:03  11-3 Billions and Billions
14:56  11-4 Don't Panic
20:08  11-5 Beyond Reason
25:13  Adventure Mode Complete
29:02  Ode to Joy Easter Egg

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#peggle

Join former PopCap Games writer/designer Steve Notley as he plays through games he worked on.

This week: Part 5 of Peggle Adventure mode, featuring the heated fury of Lord Cinderbottom's Fireball and the mystical mindfulness of Master Hu's Zen Ball.

Observe in wonder as Steve uses powerful magic to beat a bunch of Peggle levels. Golly!

CHAPTERS

00:00  Pop Plays
00:18  Hello Greetings Welcome
00:31  Peggle
00:44  Lord Cinderbottom - Fireball
01:11  9-1 The Love Moat
09:25  9-2 Doom With a View
13:21  9-3 Rhombi
16:02  9-4 9 Luft Balloons
19:11  9-5 Twisted Sisters
23:06  Master Hu - Zen Ball
23:33  10-1 Spin Cycle
26:29  10-2 The Dude Abides
30:02  10-3 When Pigs Fly
34:13  10-4 Yang, Yin
40:20  10-5 Zen Frog
51:04  That Wraps Us Up For This One

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#peggle

Join former PopCap Games writer/designer Steve Notley as he plays through games he worked on.

This week: Part 4 of Peggle Adventure mode, featuring the cheerful plantitude of Tula Sunflower's Flower Power and the risky roulette of Warren Rabbit's Lucky Spin.

Observe in astonishment as Steve clobbers a bunch of Peggle levels. Remarkable!

CHAPTERS

00:00  Pop Plays
00:18  Hello Greetings Welcome
00:37  Peggle
01:00  Tula Sunflower - Flower Power
01:26  7-1 Holland Oats
05:21  7-2 I Heart Flowers
08:26  7-3 Workin From Home 
10:58  7-4 Tula's Ride
16:06  7-5 70 and Sunny
19:07  Warren Rabbit - Lucky Spin
19:34  8-1 Win a Monkey
23:20  8-2 Dog Pinball
25:21  8-3 Spin Again
28:19  8-4 Roll 'Em
33:43  8-5 Five of a Kind
39:30  Took Longer Than I Thought

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Isaac and Steve continue their chat with artist-engineer Josh Langley, this time getting bigly big into Bejeweled in many of its forms, among tons of other things. WOW! 

CHAPTERS
00:00  The Unofficial PopCap PopCast
00:19  Hello and Welcome
00:49  Josh Langley
01:06  Previously on...
02:13  You Don't Want the Score to Go Over a Million
03:32  High Points at PopCap
04:28  Bejeweled 3
13:39  Leaving PopCap
15:44  Top Tank
22:06  Nano Man
24:08  So Many Resources
25:25  Blue Wizard
26:06  Shell Shockers
29:19  Kids Don't Mind Minecraft Level Graphics
35:02  Really Big Shot in the Dark
35:33  We Didn't Set Out To Destroy Your Children's Education
36:47  Medium-Sized Fish in a Very Small Pond
37:06  New and Cool?
38:26  Belltown Bird
38:59  Endlessly Entertaining  

LINKS

Top Tank Post Mortem
https://medium.com/@FunFetched/top-tank-a-post-mortem-that-sort-of-isn-t-cb023d0646d4

Nano Man - web URL?
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=29017

Shell Shockers
https://shellshock.io

Isaac and Steve chat with game-making powerhouse Josh Langley, an artist-coder double threat responsible for a ton of behind the scenes PopCap glory as well as Heavy Weapon, one of the greatest bullet hell shooters ever unleashed upon the world. MEGALASER!!! Also featuring several minutes of footage from PopCorn Dragon, an unreleased PopCap classic.

CHAPTERS
00:00  The Unofficial PopCap PopCast
00:19  Hello and Welcome
00:45  Josh Langley
01:15  The Whole Package
01:48  Jack of All Trades
02:26  Commodore 64
02:56  Tandy Color Computer 3
03:21  Radio Shack
06:50  Working on Farms, Computer Aided Draftsman
08:08  2D renders
08:16  The Gems in Bejeweled 2
08:39  How Did You End Up at PopCap?
14:10  Bejewled Deluxe
15:06  Atomica Guy
15:48  Heavy Weapon!!!
22:47  Biggest Breakaway from Casual Game Model
28:36  A Swipe at When Pigs Fly
30:57  Bejeweled Twist & 3
31:41  Egg Fu
31:58  Coming Up With Games Strictly From Puns
34:59  The Popcorn Dragon Situation
40:30  Popcorn Dragon LIVE!
51:47  So What Happened?
53:20  4th and Battery?
55:35  I Only Rage on the Inside
56:20  Honestly, Thank You
59:08  And On That Bombshell
59:59  Atomic Tank (Reprise)
  

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#pvz
#plantsvszombies 
#bejeweled
#heavyweapon

Join former PopCap Games writer/designer Steve Notley as he plays through games he worked on.

This week: Part 3 of Peggle Adventure mode, featuring the flippy Frenchness of Claude and the terrifying horrorminding of Renfield.

Listen in awe as Steve fumbles his way through a bunch of Peggle levels. Delightful!

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#peggle

CHAPTERS

00:00  Pop Plays
00:18  Hello Greetings Welcome
00:35  Peggle
00:59  Claude
01:36  5-1 Pearl Clam
05:20  5-2 Insane Aquarium
08:04  5-3 Tasty Waves
12:34  5-4 Our Favorite Eel
15:29  5-5 Love Story
20:02  Renfield
20:33  6-1 Waves
23:22  6-2 Spiderweb
27:52  6-3 Blockers
30:52  6-4 Baseball
33:22  6-5 Vermin
38:39  See You All Next Time

Even more and ever deeper with Isaac, Steve and Jason Kapalka, co-founder of PopCap Games!

CHAPTERS
00:00  The Unofficial PopCap PopCast
00:19  Hello and Welcome
01:27  Previously On...
02:05  The iPhone Port
03:23  PvZ 2
04:41  Cash Cow
06:49  Something Very Powerful
07:26  Frictionless Entry Point
07:53  PopCap: Games With Character (except Bejeweled)
11:01  Toolbox of Secret Sauces?
13:18  Who Is Playing This Game?
16:57  Candy Crush
19:06  Mobile Is Its Own Thing
21:00  Freemium Model
26:31  Analytic Feedback
28:56  Super Easy To Do An Impulse Purchase
31:48  100 Guys To Find That 1 Guy
31:57  Animal Issues
33:27  Kids
36:28  Dominion 3
39:40  Unspeakable Complexity
44:55  Angène de Portrine
46:18  The Buyout
50:56  Larry Bowman
57:02  Supposed to Stick Around
59:25  Garden Warfare Was Not the Kind of Game PopCap Could Make
1:03:09  John Woo
1:04:45  Kind of Amorphous
1:05:01  Get Stuff Done By Hovering
1:06:08  Stormcrow Tavern & Mysterious Package
1:08:12  Space Tyrant
1:11:59  Half the Team
1:17:03  The DNA and Influence
1:21:44  Charmed Existence
1:24:15  Now or Then?
1:24:22  It's Not Like It Used To Be, But It'll Do

LINKS

Blue Wizard
https://bluewizard.com/

Mysterious Package
https://mysteriouspackage.com/

Dinosaur Erotica - Lola Faust
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Lola-Faust/author/B0BK59Q62W

Arcana Spirit Lounge
https://arcanabar.com/

Storm Crow Manor
https://stormcrow.com/

Steve and Isaac go allllll the way back, before PopCap was a glint in anyone's eye, with PopCap Co-Founder Jason Kapalka. How did PopCap come to be? Do video games make money? What was it like to create Bejeweled? What did he think of Plants vs Zombies during its development? All this and so much more. Indulge!

CHAPTERS
00:00  The Unofficial PopCap PopCast
00:19  Hello and Welcome
00:48  Jason Kapalka is Indeed Very Special
01:49  Blue Wizard
03:24  Long Before PopCap
03:45  The Gateway
06:15  Computer Gaming World
06:32  TEN/Pogo
08:05  The Hustle of the Writing Job
13:50  Dark Sun Online
15:55  meeting Brian and John
19:51  Sexy Action Cool
21:49  creating Bejeweled
31:10  Microsoft paying a couple grand a month
39:00  Omnipresent on Burrito
44:47  Drink Responsibly Often
49:58  PvZ Getting Off the Ground
59:20  There's No Way We Can Sell This For $20 on Steam
1:00:28  Maybe Plants vs Zombies Would Work on iPhone
1:00:32  And on that...

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#pvz
#plantsvszombies 
#bejeweled

Unofficial PopCap Popcast co-host and former PopCap Games writer/designer Steve Notley plays some PopCap Games he worked on. 

This week we continue with Peggle Adventure mode, exploring the Egyptian mysteries of yarn-obsessed Kat Tut and the head-scratching spacial utterances of that oddest of aliens, Splork Sporkan.

The Peggle gameplay and background chitchat doesn't get hotter or more enthralling than here on Pop Plays, so do yourself a favor and check it out!

Former PopCap writer/designer Steve Notley plays some PopCap Games he worked on over the years, narratin' all the while.

First up: Peggle, one of the great games of all time. OF ALL TIME. Thrill along with Steve as he plays through the first two sections of Peggle's Adventure mode, introducing us to Headmaster Bjorn Unicorn and the irrepressible Jimmy Lightning. 

It's white-hot Peggle action with loads of commentary, chit-chat, and inaudible mumbling. Hooray!