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It's time to talk about the games we're playing! Jerod dips his toe into everything from Sorcerer King to Galactic Civilizations III to ... Clash Royale? Dale finds a surprisingly good game in Tiny and Big: Grandpa’s Leftovers, and Jeremy catches Trackmania on PS4 and the new XCOM Enemy Unknown Plus on the PlayStation Vita! (hashtag LegacyPlatform) Intro: "Vigilio Confido" - XCOM Enemy Unknown, by Michael McCann. Outro: "Little Pretty Thing" - Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, by 3typen
In which I talk about how a game console memory card became a Tamagotchi and how a game made me feel like John McClane. Theme of the Chao by Jun Senoue, Kenichi Tokoi and/or Fumie Kumatani from Sonic Adventure by Sonic Team; In-game music by Junichi Saito from Die Hard [NES] by Pack-In-Video [thanks to Videogame Music Preservation Foundation Wiki for finding the author]; and Cold Reader by The Voodoo Trombone Quartet and The Dirt by William Honda from Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers by Black Pants Game Studio.
Long hiatus aside, we finally come back to look at Paul Thomas Anderson's much hyped The Master and analyze it's many dense themes and concepts. Along the way, we also channel surf through the horror anthology V/H/S, debate the moral ambiguity of Spec-Ops: The Line, and take a brief look at the charming downloadable Steam title Tiny & Big, which features magical underwear. Also: Chris's weird story about a double feature gone horribly wrong. TIMELINE: (0:00) No Other Love by Jo Strafford - The Master OST (0:49) Intro (6:26) Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers (10:19) Spec Ops: The Line (26:51) V/H/S (46:13) V/H/S Spoilers (48:30) The Master (1:27:07) Chris's Funny Story (1:30:50) What We're Watching Next Week (1:35:57) Links (Plus a possible URL change) (1:38:43) Changing Partners by Helen Forrest - The Master OST
Bajo and Hex are back with reviews of Deadlight, Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers, Hero Academy and Blacklight: Retribution...