mowdownjoe's Let's Plays and Other Nerdery

Let's Play XCOM: Enemy Unknown! (Ironman Classic)

I'm a sucker for strategy games, so it's time I put myself to the test. I take what is possibly the best strategy game of 2012 and ratchet up the difficulty to Classic, enabling Ironman to stop me from being a save-scumming bastard. I might brag about how I've beaten the game on normal, but will the game beat me when taken to the next level?

Let's Play Xenoblade Chronicles

Blind runs, be damned! With this game having been sitting on my shelf all summer, I decide that I am finally going to clear it out of my backlog and record myself in the progress.
Let this stand as evidence as to why I don't do blind runs.

Let's Play On The Rainslick Precipice of Darkness 3!

Skipping Episode 2 (because it's just more of Episode 1), I continue through Penny Arcade's series of games. With Episode 3 comes a new developer, and also one who made of my favorite retro-styled RPG as of late. So, we return to the land of Zeboyd for more pixel-art and 4th-wall breaking humor. Also, killing Gods and other odd supernatural occurrences.

Let's Play Penny Arcade Adventures Ep. 1

In preparation for Zeboyd's take on Penny Arcade's On The Rainslick Precipice of Darkness game series, I look at the game that got the series off the ground in the first place. As odd as it is to have a hybrid point-and-click-adventure/RPG.

Portal 2 Stuff

Let's Play Bastion!

Having not put this game on my "Best of 2011" list, I decide to attone for my sins by taking a stroll through the flying ruins of Caelondia, in this masterfully crafted Action-RPG made by a 7-man team.

What Am I Playing/Trying? (WAIP/WAIT)

"What Am I Playing?" (WAIP, for short.) is a look at the games I'm playing RIGHT NOW. These are games that either I just wanted to give my first impressions of, games that just would not make a good Let's Play but I want to show off regardless, or just games that I need an excuse to put out just one video for.
Now also in "What Am I Trying?" flavor, wherein you get a whole playthrough of a game's demo!

mowdownjoe on MtGO

Apparently, blowing money into my favorite off-the-grid hobby isn't enough, as I go and make videos of my Magic: the Gathering addiction.

Let's Play Cthulhu Saves the World!

With Zeboyd Games having (at the time) just been selected to make Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness Episode 3 (Dear god, that's a mouthful), I figured I'd walk through the game that put them on the map. In this loving homage/parody of Dragon Quest, we follow the villain who falls from power and rises up as a hero.

Let's Audiosurf! (General Playlist)

Songs played in Audiosurf go here. I play what I like, and I might even take requests. ...Maybe.

Let's Play XIII!

Continuing on the "cult classic" train, I pick a game that I only heard of when I was younger because the Game Show Network decided to deviate from showing game shows.

Also, my first LP to get the letsplayforums.com stamp of approval. It made me happy, as for as small of a community as they have, they do some tight quality control.

And yes... the Roman numeral numbering is intentional.

Let's Play Beyond Good & Evil!

My 2nd Let's Play! I put FRAPS through its paces, see if it was worth the $40. Also, lots of love for a hopefully soon-to-no-longer-be-under-appreciated game. I say it like that, because I got it up at around the time the HD remake hit XBox Live.

My Silly TF2 Replays

It's very self-explanatory. I futz around with the replays feature on TF2 and post whatever I like here. Sometimes they're funny, and sometimes they're just moments that I'm proud of.

Let's Play VVVVVV!

My first Let's Play. It's a little rough around the edges, but aren't most first LPs? Regardless, I had fun.

Let's Audiosurf! (PPPPPP edition)

To coincide with my Let's Play of VVVVVV, I Audiosurf the soundtrack. Much chiptune-induced rage abound.

Junk Drawer

Miscellaneous videos that I've uploaded go here. Gadget geekery, vloggy crap, programming stuff... whatever.

Let's Play A Boy & His Blob! (Wii)

...Or LPABAHB (pronounced la-pah-bahb), as I joking like to call it. I walk through Wayforward's adorable re-imagining of a beloved NES game that I never played.

(Currently abandoned due to hardware failure.)