Episode 28: A Piggyback?! He's Supposed to be Dead! [Lost Levels and Mario 2]

It's been a strange week, so here's a strange episode.  You almost didn't get this one!  This week, we did what we've been threatening to do for a while.  No, not that.  That would break our rating.  The other thing!  We recorded a double-game episode!  That other one didn't happen.  To keep up the weirdness, this week's show notes are brought to you by Zachigan, son of Zach.



Our download is not a hard platform to land on.

(0:35) We argue about who is more clever.

(1:14) Geremy lies to you.

(1:34) What we've been playing.

(3:10) Civilization 5

(5:23) Iterative development vs Normal development

(8:00) EA shot itself in the foot.

(9:50) Geremy is paying KoL to shill for them.

(11:20) We talk about what we think sequels should do.

(14:20) Do you need a story in video games?

(16:20) Debate on greatness

(18:45) Nintendo doesn't do story. Example: Zelda..

(21:11) Tyler goes off topic.  Surprise.

(21:45) We get to the games of the week.

(23:25) Poison mushrooms suck.

(27:00) Game Force!

(32:00) Stuff taken from Mario 2 that made it into later games

(35:45) Evil Masks!

(36:30) Which one did we prefer?

(38:00) Improvements to be made.

(42:00) Sequel month is over :( Geremy is the villain!

Next week: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.  Let us go out and slay some vampires for pleasure!

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