Yo dawg, we herd you like games so we put stuff from your favorite game into another game! (We’re talking about spin-offs and how to do them correctly.) Also, Randy and D.J. brave Fire Emblem: Awakening on the 3DS and permanent guest host Matt ventures into Double Fine’s The Cave.
Episode Timeline:
0:00 – Intro
2:30 – Viewer Mail
11:40 – Hangover (The Cave, Fire Emblem: Awakening)
35:46 – Spin-offs
58:42 – Last Call
1:02:58 – Outro
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This Week’s Music:
“A Robot Meets the Tree of Life” and “Voltaic Fluctuations” from Chromatic T-Rex, by Ben Prunty.
Links:
Nathan Drake “premium format figure” from Sideshow
House of Cards on Netflix (Non-members can watch the first episode for free!)
Topless Robot’s Lamest Video Game Spin-offs
Worst spin offs: Hotel Mario or Mario teaches Typing, Resident Evil Survivor, Mortal Kombat Mythologies and MK: Special Forces
Coming down harsh on edutainment! I can’t believe we didn’t even mention the Mortal Kombat spin-offs. I never actually played Mythologies, but I watched a friend play it and it looked mostly like Sub-zero getting smashed under endless pillars. Not great!