Today the gang is discussing another storytelling theme: tutorials in video games. Can tutorials be creatively integrated into video game storytelling or will they forever be a “gamey” feature that disrupts our immersive experiences?
Games discussed: Bioshock, Persona, Prince of Persia, XCOM, Kingdom Hearts, Zelda, MGS, Arkham City, Call of Duty, Siren
Rescue the Princess! is kicking off the awards season by announcing the best video game stories of last year! And it’s a SPOILER FREE podcast. Did your favorites make it on to the list? Tune in to find out! Hosted by Lost Link and Seagz.
Merry Christmas! Rescue the Princess gathers together for some holiday cheer and discussion on what we’re looking forward to in 2012. What games are sure to have engrossing tales? Cooleto and Seagz even dare to mention games that don’t focus on story at all!
What games are you looking forward to the most? Email or comment!
Opening theme jacked from Mariah Carey. Cheerily edited by Lost Link.
Edited (aka BETTER) version with abundant video clips!
It’s the first anniversary of Rescue the Princess! So we’ve got Seagz as an official co-host, finally! Then we each talk about our top 3 games stories of all-time forever! Cooleto gushes over Batman! Lost Link supports Metal Gear Solid! Seagz waxes poetic about Final Fantasy AND Kingdom Hearts! b-rock chokes in rage and cries over Megaten! If you want to just know our fav games and not bother with this podcast at all, look at the About page!
Games discussed so no real spoilers:
Batman: Arkham City
Final Fantasy VII
Ghost Trick
ICO
Kingdom Hearts
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Persona 4
Planescape: Torment
Red Dead Redemption
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
So what are YOUR top 3 game stories of ALL TIME? Email or comment!
It’s the first anniversary of Rescue the Princess! So we’ve got Seagz as an official co-host, finally! Then we each talk about our top 3 games stories of all-time forever! Cooleto gushes over Batman! Lost Link supports Metal Gear Solid! Seagz waxes poetic about Final Fantasy AND Kingdom Hearts! b-rock chokes in rage and cries over Megaten! If you want to just know our fav games and not bother with this podcast at all, look at the About page!
Games discussed so no real spoilers EXCEPT FOR RED DEAD REDEMPTION (thank you very much, Cooleto):
Batman: Arkham City
Final Fantasy VII
Ghost Trick
ICO
Kingdom Hearts
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Persona 4
Planescape: Torment
Red Dead Redemption (ACTUAL ENDGAME SPOILERS)
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
Blip had some encoding problems because Lost Link made b-rock change the perfectly wonderful current settings to a different size and bitrate and now WTF. Sorry! Still watchable, just no thumbnail!
So what are YOUR top 3 game stories of ALL TIME? Email or comment!
It’s episode THIRTEEN of the podcast and it’s a special one with a special guest: Shawn of Rogue’s Gallery! If you like comics, you buy them there or may a goblin toss you off a bridge! But wait! It’s a REALLY special podcast because it’s the last time you’ll see Cooleto on the show! He’s been hired by Rocksteady Studios to write the script for a Batman dating sim where you get to hook Batman up with a variety of characters, including Harley Quinn!
So yes, it’s the COMICCAST semi-uncut, dedicated to Mark Hamill and his glorious voice! Rescue the Princess talks about comics, videogames, and how some are done right and how some are done terribly, terribly wrong! Then we discuss the XTREME 90s, the comics we’d like to see as games, and movies of summer 2011! The Walking Dead videogame is being made by Telltale Games, by the way! From the team behind Sam & Max? Boy, we’re definitely in for some laughs! NSFW podcast like always!
Videogame spoilers (not really, more like topics):
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City
DC Universe Online
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Spider-man: Maximum Carnage
Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Comic spoilers/topics:
Marvel’s Civil War
Scott Pilgrim
Shingeki no Kyojin (Advance of the Giants/Attack on Titan)
The Walking Dead
And that’s it! No more talking about Spider-man on Rescue the Princess ever again! What are your favorite videogames based off comics? What comics would make excellent videogames? Should Shawn replace Cooleto as the new co-host? Email the show or post some comments!
Podcast FOUR! So unlucky! But that’s ok, because this one was OBVIOUSLY FILMED ON NOT THE SAME DAY AS PODCAST THREE! The crew talks about EIGHT upcoming games of 2011 that may or may not have AWESOME stories but they better have awesome stories or heads will roll! You better look forward to these games too! Except anything from b-rock, as his selection contains far too much SEXY BEAST! ALL PODCASTS NSFW BY THE WAY!
Nintedo EAD’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Q1 2011 – Wii)
CD Projekt RED STUDIO’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (May 17, 2011 – PC)
Get audio only mp3 here! Is this the shortest UNCUT podcast from Rescue the Princess ever???? Top 3 list good and proper write-ups coming soon! HEY LISTEN write in what YOUR prophesied best game stories of 2011 will be! NOTHING FROM THE END OF THE YEAR; SORRY LAST GUARDIAN AND MASS EFFECT 3. Oh hey what’s this in April?