Idle Thumbs 5 - The Wizard

This week, Nick was left for dead at Valve's offices where he played some kind of video game, Chris and Jake have experienced what's so amazing about LittleBigPlanet, and we keep attempting to cajole you into playing Far Cry 2. Plus: Will Gears of War 2 blow you away? We investigate. There may be a wizard.

Originally aired November 6, 2008

01:43 — Theme
02:14 — Intro
02:31 — Left 4 Dead - At Valve's offices
02:52 — Left 4 Dead - You are going to be blown away - IGN.com
03:33 — Left 4 Dead - Nick's humiliating impressions
08:03 — Left 4 Dead - Enforced cooperation
09:51 — Left 4 Dead - Valve Multiplayer
13:05 — Valve - Dialog and design process
15:13 — Far Cry 2 - vs. short, focused games
17:41 — Far Cry 2 - Realism and restraint
19:04 — Far Cry 2 & Fallout 3 - Choice and interaction
21:06 — Far Cry 2 - Committing to challenging media
23:26 — Far Cry 2 - Setting
25:47 — Far Cry 2 & Left 4 Dead - Scripted dynamic gameplay vs. Emergent dynamic gameplay
26:55 — Explode Mode - Your head will explode
27:10 — LittleBigPlanet - Physics interactions
28:40 — LittleBigPlanet - You're going to be blown away - IGN.com
28:48 — LittleBigPlanet - Multiplayer and voice chat
31:53 — LittleBigPlanet - Peacock feather tourists
33:43 — LittleBigPlanet - Everybody's just so nice (probably)
39:10 — Diablo II - The Golem Story
43:49 — Break - The Wizard
44:07 — Stardock - Masters of Stuff Few People Like
50:33 — Elemental: War of Magic - Not actually Master of Magic
53:05 — Reader Mail - Reader Rabbit, Fancypants Apple, and other nicknames
53:56 — Reader Mail - Trends - In narrative and gameplay
1:01:32 — Reader Mail - Empire: Total War - Ranged combat
1:04:28 — strategychocolate.biz - The First Re-direct
1:04:59 — Reader Mail - Empire: Total War - Ranged combat
1:06:02 — Reader Mail - Gears of War 2 - Are you going to be blown away? - IGN.com
1:09:55 — You're listening live to 98.7 FM - The Wizard

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Idle Thumbs
• Chris Remo
• Nick Breckon
• Jake Rodkin
• video games
• Left 4 Dead
• Valve
• Far Cry 2
• Fallout 3
• LittleBigPlanet
• Diablo II
• Stardock
• Elemental: War of Magic
• Master of Magic
• Empire: Total War
• Gears of War 2
• Explode Mode
• The Wizard

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