Episode 15: Ghosts, Goblins, and Another Plural Noun, Oh My [Ghosts 'n Goblins]

Zombies are everywhere, and it's not a good thing.  Ghosts n' Goblins assaults you with undead on every side, and only you can save your necrophiliac girlfriend while in your boxers!  Come give us a listen as we hurl the javelins, torches, and shields of justice at an arcade classic that truly deserves the description of Nintendo Hard!



Download yourself out of your underwear and into our hearts!

(01:40) What we've been playing and why subjective taste is terrible for criticism.  Doesn't stop us, though!  Front Mission is a game about giant robots taking turns firing at each other and also their pilots. 

(06:40) Steam box and its extant competitors.

(15:00) Talking about motion controls.  I totally lied about the GBC having an accelerometer; it was just one Kirby game that had it built into the cartridge.

(16:00) Tutorial levels!  When they're done well, and when they're done poorly.

(19:00) Speaking of tutorials, Mega Man X.  Go watch the Egoraptor Sequelitis on Mega Man!

(20:30) Should tutorials be optional, or completely integrated.  Limbo has a pretty awesome integrated tutorial.  We talk about Killswitch being awful about this, but upon watching the first few minutes, it's not that bad.  I think that game may have had a plot.

(24:20) We actually get to the game.  It just dumps you right in, doesn't it?  The controls aren't as tight as other games of this ilk.

(28:20) Fighting the devil in your underwear!

(31:45) While I generally don't condone the Irate Gamer, the pre-level pan will become a familiar site.

(33:30) We again come back to the difference between challenge and frustration.

(37:00) Check points rock!

(40:30) The game Tyler's talking about is the Universe Project.

(42:10) Dream sequences: terrible idea, lame excuse, or potentially awesome?

Next week, we're actually not doing Excitebike yet.  Zach was (is?) sick, so Geremy and I actually record an episode on Mega Man!  Now you can all be caught up on our legacy!  Mostly...


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