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GameRevolution Radio 0060: Anticipating 2013

Posted on Friday, January 4 @ 16:30:00 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

This week's soundtrack is brought to you by The Secret of Mana.

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Show Notes:

Panel: Anthony Severino, Nick Tan, danielrbischoff

What are you playing? - Anthony: Nothing; Nick: Paper Mario: Sticker Star, The Walking Dead: Season One; Daniel: Persona 4 Golden
The News - Your Stack of Shame: What Do You Want To Tackle From Your Backlog First?
The Most Anticipated Game of 2013
GameRevolution Tells: What did you give/get for Christmas?

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Tags: GameRevolution Radio, Community, Tell GameRevolution

Comments

used44
Joined: Mar 2002

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 4:45 pm
I knew I recognized that soundtrack!

For some reason, Nick's comments on TWD bothered me. Not that the game should be off-limits from criticism, but I think Nick has shown himself time and again to be the type of gamer who is constantly striving for the "perfect" playthrough. There's nothing wrong with that, that's just the way he likes to play

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 4:48 pm
Anthony said "Secret of Mana" so I was like, welp, no choice but to use that as the soundtrack this week. Glad you liked it :)

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used44
Joined: Mar 2002

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
but TWD doesn't lend itself well to that kind of approach. Just play without regret and without a plan toward a certain ending.

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LawnGnome
Joined: Apr 2007

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 7:05 pm
I am also one of those gamers who likes to get a "perfect" playthrough, but I don't mind at all that it doesn't really work with The Walking Dead. My biggest complaint about the game is that the gameplay isn't compelling/entertaining enough to make me want to play through the game again while making different decisions. There's a great story and a lot of big decisions to make in that game, but I'll never know the other side of them because I can't imagine myself playing through it again.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 7:43 pm
Also an excellent point. After the beginning of episode 3, I gave up on trying to control the narrative in any way. Episode 4 certainly helped reinforce this.

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used44
Joined: Mar 2002

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 8:08 pm
Yeah I don't want to play through it twice. I'm kind of happy that it doesn't even encourage that in any way (achievements or new game plus or whatever). You experience it the one way and that's your Lee forever.

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Sourdeez
Joined: Feb 2012

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 8:34 pm
Good Podcast. Ive only finished the walking dead twice but Ill admit I do wish the choices mattered just a bit more. Seems like most games that promise decisions and choices still have the ending mostly the same and your decisions not really mattering that much(*Cough* mass effect)

My favorite gift from Christmas was BW3 sauce. Thai Curry is amazing.
My worst gift was trips to the dentist.

Daniel you haven't seen a single episode of Dr Who? WTF? I mean Ive only been watching since they rebooted the series in 2005 but it is for sure worth a watch.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 8:53 pm
I'll have to check it out sooner rather than later

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De-Ting
Joined: Nov 2006

Posted: Jan 4th, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Wait, the people spoke?
Did I speak? I hope I did.
Now where's my cash prize?

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t1pz0r
Joined: May 2008

Posted: Jan 5th, 2013 at 8:28 am
Another great episode, happy to have the podcast back even if the break wasn't really all that long. Also love the new intro music if nothing else for Portal 'Still Alive' at the start.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Jan 5th, 2013 at 10:41 am
Thanks! Glad to here the show was missed

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UghRochester
Joined: Jun 2006

Posted: Jan 5th, 2013 at 8:39 am
Ninja gift from Ninja Nick Tan. Made me laugh listening to how stealthy you were.

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