That’s not hardcore, that’s Metal as f*#$
And different still, is the Blood Bowl series - which are based on the Warhammer table top game of the same name.
You can’t tear the opposing team’s heads off and score field goals with them, but you can bribe the referee, and each field has it’s own set of traps. True story: it started out life as a beat-em-up RPGĮA decided to focus more on a chaotic feel, where almost everything can change at a moments notice. Where Teque London (the developers of BSF) focussed on the beat-em-up aspect It’s telling that EA created their own version of this game called Mutant League Football It’s just so much fun, and comically over the top It’s right up there with both versions of Mutant League Football for sheer wackiness and stupidity. I’ve mentioned this game on the pod a whole lot, as it’s one of my favourite takes on American Football. We all know which version of the game I’m talking about. Only because I didn’t want my collection to be purely Jag games Will the next one be another Sega game? Brutal Sports FootballĪlthough I said that it wouldn’t be the Atari Jaguar version
We’ve had two Sega games so far in this episode. We should check back with G at a later date, as he’d mentioned that he was going ot reinstall it after recording the pod.
Prime candidate for a streaming session or two?Īlthough that “orphaned children” stat per level sounds a little on the nose. It sounds like I should track this one down But we won’t talk about that just yet Looking quite "21st Century Bond"Īnd it’s one of the few (in the era) which had branching narratives, too. But it sounds like it would be right up my alley: a combination of spy thriller, action, noir, and cyberpunkĬyberpunk technically is an offshoot of neo-noir, which came from noir. G’s second pick was one that I had seen on game shop shelves, but had never picked up. I mention a GDC talk about ways to shove zombies into video games, but I just can’t find it. But that description is a little… generic. You go to a set place, and you spend time with someone What’s not to love? And that box art, too: Seriously, this is pretty ballerĪlso Squidge’s description of a hostess bar is amazing: This is definitely one of those titles that I don’t think many people have played. We didn’t waste any time getting stuck in, especially with Squidge’s second pick… Yakuza: Dead Souls What I’m getting at is that this is back when video gaming wasn’t as huge of an industry as it is now, and because of that… there are so many games that it’s easy to miss one which should be a classic when it’s mixed in (with everything else) And that’s just the confirmed games… but there’s still games being discovered now that weren’t that well advertised games. The ZX Spectrum has a confirmed list of 1,728 video games. And as a real example I’ve pulled up wikipedia’s list of ZX Spectrum games. They can be for any format, from any generation of video gamesĪnything from this list is fair game… as it wereīut you do have to explain why you think it’s a hidden gem. The idea of this segment of the show was to talk about the games that we think are hidden gems - the games that we think folks have missed out on, for one reason or another. Here’s a quick reminder of what we mean by “hidden gems in the video game canon”: Hidden Gems of the Video Game Canon
If you missed the previous episode, you can listen to or download it here Whilst it’s not really a swear anymore, some folks might not want little ears hearing that word.īut I didn’t enunciate clearly, and everyone thinks that I said:Īnother episode with G (aka #dontCallMeAudry), and another episode talking about the hidden gems of the video game canon This happens from 13:29 onwards.Īt 22:20 - which, by itself isn’t offensive, but it could be taken as a euphemism. We talk about tearing people’s heads off, scoring field goals with them, and murdering referees. Content Warningĭuring the discussion on Alpha Protocol - which happens from 7:23 onwards - we talk about how killing the enemies means that there are orphaned children left behind.ĭuring the discussion on Brutal Sports FootballĪ comically stupid Amreican Football-style game The more people who listen to the show, the more shows we can do. However, supporting us is completely voluntary and not required at all.Īnother way to support us is to shout out about us on social media or give us a rating on your podcatcher service of choice.
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