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All shooting, all the time! Both Rabbit and Steel and Undertale leverage shoot-em-up elements in novel ways, and they form a natural set with the punishing Ikaruga.
What We're Playing
00:57 Caitlin: Core Keeper (Pugstorm, 2024)
08:19 Mark: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems, 2019)
13:49 Mark: Rabbit and Steel (mino_dev, 2024)
18:00 Caitlin: Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm (Gearbox, 2024)
21:21 GOOF: Ikaruga (Treasure, 2001)
30:05 Feature Game: Undertale (Toby Fox, 2015)
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52:27 Caitlin: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare)
53:11 Mark: Iron Meat (Retroware)
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Sometimes the only way to show that you love is to complain and nitpick, and that's exactly what Caitlin and Mark do with Fire Emblem--a game they both enjoy but think is sometimes borderline absurd.
What We're Playing
01:04 Mark: Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments, 2024)
08:47 Caitlin: Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm (Gearbox, 2024)
13:14 GOOF: Metroid (R&D Team 1 and Intelligent Systems, 1986) and Metroid: Zero Mission (R&D Team 1, 2004)
25:10 Feature Game: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Intelligent Systems, 2019)
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50:51 Caitlin: Goblin Cleanup (Crisalu)
52:13 Mark: Capcom Fighting Collection 2 (Capcom)
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Caitlin reciprocates this week by trying ICO, one of Mark's all-time favourites. They also both explore the coming-of-age story I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, in which you play as... well, let's not undermine the excellent title, shall we?
What We're Playing
00:53 Caitlin: Rabbit and Steel (mino_dev, 2024)
08:45 Mark: Valkyrie Profile (tri-Ace, 1999)
15:11 GOOF: ICO (Team ICO, 2001)
29:54 Feature Game: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Northway, 2022)
48:09 Spoilers Begin
56:32 Spoilers End
SHOUT
58:48 Caitlin: Fields of Mistria (NPC Studio)
59:24 Mark: Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm (Gearbox Software)
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Caitlin said Valkyrie Profile was one of her top 10 games of all time, so let's take a deeper look! Mark reciprocates by listing his own top 10.
What We're Playing
00:41 Mark: Earth Defense Force 4.1 (Sandlot, 2016)
11:15 Caitlin: Flock (Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg, 2024)
17:24 GOOF: Valkyrie Profile (tri-Ace, 1999)
35:35 Mark's Top 10 Games of All Time
36:07 Honourable Mentions
Destiny/Destiny 2
Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Risk of Rain Returns
44:47 Top 10
Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters
Vagrant Story
ICO
Silent Hill 2
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
Mass Effect
The King of Fighters XIII
Spec Ops: The Line
Persona V Royal
Hades
1:11:20 SHOUT: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare)
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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a strange and unexpected offering, an odd delight amongs a sea of derivative games. Caitlin then reveals her gaming autobiography, her top games of all time.
What We're Playing
02:03 Caitlin: Slay the Spire (Mega Crit, 2019)
06:00 Mark: Pokémon Pinball (HAL Laboratory, 1999)
Tech Dweeb's 10 Must Play Retro Pinball Games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2X1tC9DjjQ&pp=ygUSdGVjaCBkd2VlYiBwaW5iYWxs
13:15 Feature Game: Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (Capcom, 2024)
Special Bunraku Performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=124HrR-M0iQ
27:19 Caitlin's Top 10 Games of All Time
28:30 Honourable Mentions
Suikoden
Undertale
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Final Fantasy XVI
33:43 Top 10
Chrono Trigger
Baldur's Gate 3
Hades
Valkyrie Profile
Mass Effect
Shadow of the Colossus
Dragon Age: Origins
Final Fantasy VI
The Witcher 3
Red Dead Redemption 2
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58:44 Caitlin: Slay the Spire 2 (Mega Crit)
59:33 Metaphor: ReFantazio (Studio Zero)
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Quintet released some bangers on the SNES: ActRaiser, Soul Blazer, and Illusion of Gaia. How does their last one--Terranigma--measure up? And how much chill do you want in your journalism? Or, for that matter, your video games? Caitlin and Mark talk about Times & Galaxy.
What We're Playing
01:04 Mark: TMNT: Splintered Fate (Super Evil Megacorp, 2024)
07:30 Caitlin: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Square Enix, 2024)
12:43 GOOF: Terranigma (Quintet, 1995)
26:51 Feature Game: Times & Galaxy (Copychaser Games, 2024)
37:55 Spoilers Begin
42:44 Spoilers End
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49:37 Caitlin: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Retro Studios)
51:25 Mark: DNF Duel (Arc System Works)
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If you had told us that we would be loving speedrunning in a first-person platformer, i.e. Neon White, we would not have believed you. If you had told us that Caitlin would still be knee-deep in Unicorn Overlord and underimpressed by one of Mark's all-time favourites, we would have easily believed you.
What We're Playing
03:19 Caitlin: Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware, 2024)
04:48 Mark: Journey to the Savage Planet (Typhoon Studios, 2020)
GROB commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESsRiSbIuKM&pp=ygUham91cm5leSB0byB0aGUgc2F2YWdlIHBsYW5ldCBncm9i
10:56 GOOF: Prince of Persia (Broderbund, 1989)
24:30 Feature Game: Neon White (Angel Matrix, 2022)
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55:17 Caitlin: The Garden Path (carrotcake)
56:36 Mark: Whisker Squadron: Survivor (Flippfly)
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Mark has many questions about many things Final Fantasy, and Caitlin is well-equipped to oblige--and Mark is able to recipocrate with a capsule biography of Firebrand, aka Red Arremer. The feature game is Firework, a horror/mystery story from China. Several things are mispronounced.
What We're Playing
00:46 Caitlin: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Square Enix, 2024)
11:45 SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos (SNK Playmore, 2003)
16:58 Demon's Crest (Capcom, 1994)
30:28 Feature Game: Firework (Shiying Studio, 2021)
49:28 Spoilers Begin
1:03:29 Spoilers End
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1:04:01 Caitlin: Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (Capcom)
1:05:21 Mark: Garou: City of the Wolves (SNK)
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We dip our toes into mobile games this week with a Pokémon sleep tracker and the latest from MiHoYo. The Quintet appreciation continues with Illusion of Gaia, and we check out Unicorn Overlord with some mixed results.
What We're Playing
01:35 Caitlin: Pokémon Sleep (Select Button, 2023)
07:01 Zenless Zone Zero (MiHoYo, 2024)
16:57 GOOF: Illusion of Gaia (Quintet, 1994)
27:47 Feature Game: Unicorn Overlord (Vanillaware, 2024)
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50:14 Caitlin: Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom)
52:14 Mark: Rogue Prince of Persia (Evil Empire)
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Whether The Lost Crown is your first Prince of Persia (as it is for Caitlin) or not (as it is for Mark), it's undeniably an influential series of platformers with combat sequences. We'll see how well this latest offering fares. Plus, Mark kind of sort of not really tries Final Fantasy XIV! Maybe. Almost.
What We're Playing
01:21 Caitlin: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Square Enix, 2024)
09:02 Mark: Vanquish (Platinum, 2010)
18:39 GOOF: ActRaiser (Quintet, 1991)
31:09 Feature Game: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft, 2024)
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51:42 Caitlin: Timespinner 2: Unwoven Dream (Lunar Ray)
52:30 Mark: Tactical Breach Wizards (Suspicious Developments)
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Survival game Pacific Drive has crafting and personality, but we'll see whether that's a marriage that works, especially given the scant guidance you receive in navigating its world. Conversely, Pokémon Ranger offers far too much guidance for its own good.
What We're Playing
01:02 Mark: Fight'n Rage (sebagamesdev, 2017)
08:09 Caitlin: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Square Enix, 2024)
19:23 GOOF: Pokémon Ranger (HAL Laboratory, 2006)
29:08 Feature Game: Pacific Drive (Ironwood Studios, 2024)
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52:03 Caitlin: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo)
54:00 Mark: Caves of Qud (Freehold)
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It is pretty depressing that Tango Gameworks' reward for the ebullient and excellent Hi-Fi Rush was closure, but we get our own closure by eulogizing their work. There's also much discussion of action RPGs this week, assuming a broad enough definition.
What We're Playing
01:02 Mark: Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco, 2021)
08:09 Caitlin: Diablo IV (Blizzard, 2023)
12:54 GOOF: Legacy of the Wizard (Nihon Falcom, 1989)
24:28 Feature Game: Hi-Fi Rush (Tango Gameworks, 2023)
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48:27 Caitlin: Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred (Blizzard)
49:53 Mark: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (From Software)
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We shot them up last week, and this week we are beating them up. One wonders what them did to deserve all this violence, but we move on to more pressing questions--such as, what ground food is best? And, how many mechanisms is too much, and how many light years past that is Astral Ascent?
NB: The name of that weird creature in Golden Axe and Altered Beast is a "chicken leg."
What We're Playing
00:55 Caitlin: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead, 2024)
06:00 Mark: Streets of Rage 4 (Dotemu, 2020)
11:48 GOOF: Alien vs. Predator (Capcom, 1994)
19:37 Feature Game: Astral Ascent (Hibernia Workshop, 2023)
SHOUT
53:52 Caitlin: Dragon Age: The Veilguard (BioWare)
56:41 Mark: Metal Slug Tactics (SNK)
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Mark is some sort of degenerate killjoy who doesn't like Tolkien much, but can Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor win him over regardless? Caitlin's death-march through all the Final Fantasy games continues, as does the mining of classic titles from the NES to fuel GOOF.
What We're Playing
01:04 Caitlin: Final Fantasy II (Square)
07:26 Mark: Have a Nice Death (Magic Design Studios)
12 :17 GOOF: Dragon Spirit: The New Legend (Namco)
23 :53 Feature Game: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith)
44:23 Spoilers begin
50:04 Spoilers end
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51:57 Caitlin: LEGO Horizon Adventures (Guerilla)
53:39 Mark: Dreamcast Capcom VS SNK 2 in English and Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6 (Capcom and kind of SNK)
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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice tackles the issue of having a mentally ill protagonist head-on. How successful is the portrayal? And how good is the game itself? And perhaps most importantly, can we all get on the same page and acknowledge that Cain from Final Fantasy II (or IV, for you purists) was a massive douche?
What We're Playing
01:12 Caitlin: Hellcard (Thing Trunk, 2024)
05:14 Mark: Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster, 2022)
12:07 GOOF: Final Fantasy (yes, the FIRST one) (Square, 1987)
26:58 Feature Game: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Ninja Theory, 2017)
52:42 Spoilers begin
1:06:14 Spoilers end
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1:06:46 Caitlin: Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Square Enix)
1:08:20 Mark: Hades II (Supergiant)