Episode 96: Doom Song... Oh, Wait, Star Wars [Star Wars: Dark Forces]

This week, Star Wars!  Surprisingly, no Bothans died for the Death Star plans in this.  We talk a lot about what's now officially "Star Wars" since the Disney acquisition, which inevitably leads to Gundam, because space.  Also, blaster rifles!



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Show Notes

(01:30) Man, John Williams has done everything.  Also, awakenings!

(03:00) Spoilers for Citizen Kane.  Yup.

(05:00) So, Affected.

(06:30) Microsoft's "not an Oculus" (working name).  Related: PS3 design decisions.

(15:00) The Galaxy Gun!

(16:30) Screencheat?

(20:30) Minovsky Particles have their own trope page.

(26:00) Doom Wars!

(27:00) Big Star Wars fans have way too much time.

(38:00) This game sounds so interesting; if only it was playable.  Tutorials continue to be a thing older games kinda needed.


Next time on Last Time, Star Soldier!  Giant space face!

At least we have ass firing,

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Episode 27: Hell is Other People... Turned into Machine Gun Wielding Demon-Marines[Doom II]

Strap yourselves in and pull out your BFGs.  It's Doom II this week.  As we near the end of our sequel month, we talk about our favorite sequels and some other game stuff.  Also, super-shotguns.



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(01:00) We get into it early! Geremy's mouse works again, so more LoL.  Civ difficulties are funny.  Also, he's been farming for paper. Zach's been hitting things.  FTL still rocks.

(07:45) Our favorite sequels.

(12:00) DKC and Doom as ambient games.  Also, difficulty selection!  How would you implement difficulty in a platformer?

(18:00) DMC has an easy mode that you have to unlock.  The L4D2 AI director was pretty spiffy.

(22:30) Since we're rambling about difficulty, how should if be scaled for puzzle games?

(24:40) For the unitiated, the Tower of Hanoi.

(26:40) Honorable mention: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords.  Maybe also Puzzle Fighter.

(28:30) A not-so-great sequel.  Doom II!  Might be better...  It lacks enemy and, therefore, strategy variety.  It's basically the same game, but with multiplayer.

(34:30) The music's not as great.  Compare the first level music from Doom with this game's first level music.

(40:00) Old man impressions.  Also, Sailor Moon!


Next week, get your jump on!  It's Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels and Super Mario Bros. 2!  Yeah, both of them.  We suggest the All-Stars pack for the SNES.

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Episode 14: Hell Needs a New HR Department [Doom]

Mars is red not due to its mineral composition, but due to the massive amount of demon blood you've spilled there!  Someone ought to clean that up...  This week, upon Zach's suggestion, we topple a demon dominated Deimos and take the fight right back to them!  There are biomechanical chaingun demons, bull demons, fireball demons, demon possessed soldiers, and... more demons.  There are a lot of them.  Good thing you have a lot of guns.



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(01:00) What we've been playing!  Zach's transgressions...  On a side note, try an elliptical or stationary bike while gaming!

(06:00) Geremy's gone through some demos from the XBLA.  Check out an awesome theme song.  Also, a terrible LotR game.  Also, Age of Booty!  If you're wondering about the comment thread we mentioned, it's on my post on adventure games.

(09:30) Since we're all table top RPG guys, here's some links to Fear the Boot's Dan's Danverse (Epoch of Rysos) and the general site for Skies of Glass.

(12:00) Sabin loves some train...ing.

(15:15) Our first objective and multiplayer FPS games and our feelings on them in general.

(19:20) We finally get to Doom and our first impressions! 

(23:30) Zach was right about it being on the PSX.  Also, we talk briefly about the differences between all the versions we played.

(27:00) Imagery in Doom.  It's actually got a pretty consistent theme and tone, with enemies becoming progressively more organic and the environment becoming more obviously hellish.  Also, lots of exploration in this game.

(33:45) Shareware games.  We don't see a lot of those any more, but their spirit lives on in demos.

(35:00) Doom helping completionist OCD without arbitrary grades.

Next time, it's Ghosts 'n Goblins!  In addition to arcade cabinets and being on the NES, you can find this game in both forms on the Wii Virtual Console.  Join us next week for some crazy javelin throwing adventures and princess/girlfriend rescuing!


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 You can also go to the show page at plus.google.com/+LastTimeOnVideogames or comment on the site at www.lasttimeonvideogames.com.
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