Rescue the Princess! – #0025! Spoiler Cast!
RtP! discusses plot twists in video games. Which ones surprised us and which ones were predictable? Which ones were interesting and which were complete garbage?
With CUTSCENES and special guest Xinity!
Mega spoilers for Assassin’s Creed, Persona 3/4, Metal Gear Solid, Knights of the Old Republic, Final Fantasy X, Heavy Rain, Chrono Trigger, System Shock, Ghost Trick, Red Dead Redemption, The Walking Dead.
November 24, 2012 | Categories: b-rock, Bollocks, Cooleto, Lost Link, Seagz, Show | Tags: aerith, aliens, assassin's creed, atlas, bioshock, cat, chrono trigger, final fantasy X, gas station, ghost trick, heavy rain, ikutsuki, interface spoiler, izanami, knights of the old republic, liquid's arm, metal gear solid, minerva, mystery, namatame, ocelot, patriots, persona, persona 3, Persona 3/4, persona 4, plot twist, red dead redemption, red herring, serial killer, shelby, shodan, sissel, star wars, starcraft, system shock, the walking dead, tidus, tohru adachi, what a twist, wind waker, would you kindly, xinity, yuna, zombies | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0020! Being Chintzy!
RtP! discusses the concept of companions in video games! Are they useful? Are they annoying? Which duos demonstrate the true power of TEAMWORK?
Spoilers: Hellnight, Bioshock 2, Ico, Passage.
Who are YOUR favorite partners?
July 28, 2012 | Categories: b-rock, Bollocks, Cooleto, Lost Link, Seagz, Show | Tags: alyx vance, ashley graham, bioshock 2, companion cube, companions, eleanor, enslaved, EXperience 112, Fi, ghost trick, ico, issun, journey, mario and luigi, midna, missile, navi, okami, partners, partners in crime, passage, phoenix wright, portal, red dead redemption, resident evil, solid snake, teamwork, yorda, zelda | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0018! The Open World Game
It’s podcast #18 and RtP! has gathered together to discuss the concept of open world video games and how storytelling can work (or not) within them. Youtube video is audio only with pictures. Download MP3 below!
Games discussed, no real spoilers:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Grand Theft Auto IV
Red Dead Redemption
L.A. Noire
Batman: Arkham City
Fallout 3
Persona 4
Download audio only version HERE!
April 1, 2012 | Categories: b-rock, Bollocks, Cooleto, Lost Link, Seagz, Show | Tags: batman arkham city, fallout 3, fireworks, grand theft auto IV, l.a. noire, open world, persona 4, red dead redemption, Skyrim, storytelling, zelda | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0015! Anniversarycast! EDITED VERSION!
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!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Erotically edited by Lost Link.
December 8, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Seagz, Show, Top List | Tags: arkham city, batman, controversy, death to ff, death to nomura, discussion, favorite, final fantasy vii, ghost trick, ico, kingdom hearts, literary, megaten, metal gear solid 2, nocturne, ocarina of time, persona 4, planescape torment, red dead redemption, rescue the princess, shin megami tensei, sons of liberty, spoilers, story, top 3 list, videogames, zelda | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0015! Anniversarycast!
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!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Erotically edited by b-rock.
December 8, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Seagz, Show, Top List | Tags: arkham city, batman, controversy, death to ff, death to nomura, discussion, favorite, final fantasy vii, ghost trick, ico, kingdom hearts, literary, megaten, metal gear solid 2, nocturne, ocarina of time, persona 4, planescape torment, red dead redemption, rescue the princess, shin megami tensei, sons of liberty, spoilers, story, top 3 list, videogames, zelda | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0014! Why Do We Play Games? EDITED VERSION!
Episode FOURTEEN of the Rescue the Princess podcast: why do we play games? We answer this with non-pretentious ramblings and ravings! Starring the triumphant debut of co-host Seagz and featuring special guest Phrank! Edited, short version but still NSFW, naturally!
Games discussed, no real spoilers:
– Batman: Arkham City
– Call of Duty
– The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
– Fruit Ninja
– Harvest Moon
– Minecraft
– Red Dead Redemption
– Sonic the Hedgehog
– Starcraft
– World of Warcraft
Hey, this one was done pretty fast! So why do you play games? Because they’re art? Because they’re escapism? Because they’re fun? Email or comment!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Enthusiastically edited by Lost Link.
November 20, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Pretentious | Tags: arcade, art, batman, competition, competitve gaming, debate, edited, life, literary, mainstream, meaning, minecraft, open world, perfection, philosophy, phrank, podcast, reason, red dead redemption, rescue the princess, score, starcraft, technology, videogames, why do we play games, world of warcraft | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0014! Why Do We Play Games? Uncut!
Episode FOURTEEN of the Rescue the Princess podcast: why do we play games? We answer this with non-pretentious ramblings and ravings! Starring the triumphant debut of co-host Seagz and featuring special guest Phrank! Quite long, quite NSFW!
Games discussed, no real spoilers:
- Batman: Arkham City
- Call of Duty
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Fruit Ninja
- Harvest Moon
- Minecraft
- Red Dead Redemption
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Starcraft
- World of Warcraft
So why do you play games? Because they’re art? Because they’re escapism? Because they’re fun? Email or comment! Also don’t forget our Youtube channel where we put up our edited videos!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Erotically edited by b-rock.
November 16, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Lost Link, Pretentious, Seagz, Show | Tags: arcade, art, batman, competition, competitve gaming, debate, life, literary, mainstream, meaning, minecraft, open world, perfection, philosophy, phrank, podcast, reason, red dead redemption, rescue the princess, score, starcraft, technology, videogames, why do we play games, world of warcraft | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0006! Short Version!
Short, edited version of “Karma Crunchcast” aka podcast SIX! Edited by Lost Link and that is why the resolution is all CRAZY. Rescue the Princess talks about the Karma Meter and its affect on games! BIOSHOCK EPISODE IS NEVER COMING BECAUSE OF NEGATIVE KARMA!
Maybe kinda spoilers for:
- Baldur’s Gate (NOT REALLY)
- Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (NOT REALLY)
- Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (NOT REALLY)
- Dragon Age: Origins (NOT REALLY)
- Dragon Age II (NOT REALLY)
- Fallout 3 (NOT REALLY)
- Fallout: New Vegas (NOT REALLY)
- Infamous (NOT REALLY)
- Mass Effect (NOT REALLY)
- Mass Effect 2 (KINDA BUT IT SHOULDN’T BE)
- Metal Gear Solid (KINDA)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (KINDA)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (KINDA)
- Planescape: Torment (NOT REALLY)
- Red Dead Redemption (NOT REALLY)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (NOT REALLY)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (NOT REALLY)
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (NOT REALLY)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (NOT REALLY)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (NOT REALLY)
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Enthusiastically edited by Lost Link.
February 26, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Show | Tags: ace attorney, alignment, american psycho, approval, atlus, bad, bioshock, bioware, bollocks, canon, chaos, chaotic neutral, chinese new year, christian bale, cosmos, death to ff, debate, deus ex, dragon age, dragon age ii, dreams, edited, environmentialism, fallout, fallout 3, fashion fashion, friendship, game design, game mechanics, gameplay, gameplay and story segregation, good, grey and grey, immorality, infamous, interrupts, invisible war, karma meter, kinda spoilers, knights of the old republic, law, literary, lucifer, lunar new year, mass effect, mass effect 2, master chief, megaten, metal gear solid, morality, morrigan disapproves, multiple endings, musubi, narrative, neutral, new vegas, nocturne, nsfw, obsidian, paragon, party members, patrick bateman, peace walker, podcast, post-colonialism, reason, red dead redemption, references, rejection, renegade, rescue the princess, rivalry, rpg, shadow the hedgehog, shadows of amn, shijima, shin megami tensei, sonic the hedgehog, spider-man, star wars, story, super spoilers, tangents, the sith lords, throne of bhaal, true ending, uncut, videogames, web of shadows, year of the rabbit, yosuga | 1 Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0006! Karma Crunchcast! Uncut!
Podcast episode SIX filmed on LUNAR NEW YEAR! Rescue the Princess argue over the purpose of the KARMA METER in videogames! Is it necessary? Is it a relic of a generation long past? Is it a topic that everyone actually agrees upon?? Will the crew EVER get to the Bioshock episode????? Find out right now! WARNING: It’s long and uncut but there are pictures and a few video clips and NSFW LANGUAGE!
Maybe kinda spoilers for:
- Baldur’s Gate (NOT REALLY)
- Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (NOT REALLY)
- Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (NOT REALLY)
- Dragon Age: Origins (NOT REALLY)
- Dragon Age II (NOT REALLY)
- Fallout 3 (NOT REALLY)
- Fallout: New Vegas (NOT REALLY)
- James Cameron’s Avatar: The Game (NOT REALLY)
- Mass Effect (NOT REALLY)
- Mass Effect 2 (KINDA BUT IT SHOULDN’T BE)
- Metal Gear Solid (KINDA)
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (KINDA)
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations (KINDA)
- Planescape: Torment (NOT REALLY)
- Red Dead Redemption (NOT REALLY)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (NOT REALLY)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (NOT REALLY)
- Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (NOT REALLY)
- Splinter Cell: Conviction (NOT REALLY)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (NOT REALLY)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (NOT REALLY)
May have been other things mentioned but it probably wasn’t important like Force Unleashed! Get audio only mp3 here! What are your thoughts on the karma meter and the ways to abolish it? Email the show or post in the comments! This podcast was not sponsored by Meat Bun!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Erotically edited by b-rock.
February 5, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Show | Tags: ace attorney, alignment, american psycho, approval, atlus, avatar, bad, bioshock, bioware, bollocks, canon, chaos, chaotic neutral, chinese new year, christian bale, cosmos, death to ff, debate, deus ex, dragon age, dragon age ii, dreams, environmentialism, fallout, fallout 3, fashion fashion, friendship, game design, game mechanics, gameplay, gameplay and story segregation, good, grey and grey, halo, immorality, interrupts, invisible war, james cameron, karma meter, kinda spoilers, knights of the old republic, law, literary, lucifer, lunar new year, mass effect, mass effect 2, master chief, megaten, metal gear solid, morality, morrigan disapproves, multiple endings, musubi, narrative, neutral, new vegas, nocturne, nsfw, obsidian, paragon, party members, patrick bateman, peace walker, podcast, post-colonialism, reason, red dead redemption, references, rejection, renegade, rescue the princess, rivalry, rpg, shadow the hedgehog, shadows of amn, shijima, shin megami tensei, sonic the hedgehog, spider-man, star wars, story, super spoilers, tangents, the last airbender, the sith lords, throne of bhaal, true ending, uncut, videogames, web of shadows, year of the rabbit, yosuga | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess Super Year End Award Spectacular: b-rock’s Top 5 Game Stories of 2010
Ready your bodies and souls for 2010’s best game stories as decreed by b-rock, Rescue the Princess’ Personification of Discordia! The OFFICIAL and DEFINITIVE LIST…until Cooleto or Lost Link put up theirs!
January 31, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Pretentious, Top List | Tags: 2010, 2k games, 360, 4a games, adventure, alpha protocol, amnesia, an item shop's tale, apocalypse, atlus, awards are serious business, bayonetta, best of the best, big sister, bioshock 2, bioware, delta, demons, desperate struggle, disgaea infinite, dood, eleanor lamb, epic mickey, etna, fallout, farewell ruins of the moon, fatal frame iv, flonne, for serious, fps, fragile dreams, game mechanics, gameplay and story segregation, garrus, genre, hee-ho, infinite space, johnny topside, kinda spoilers, laharl, lancarse, literary, love, lucifer, mask of the lunar eclipse, mass effect 2, megaten, metro 2033, multi-platform, multiple endings, multiple paths, nds, new vegas, nia lochlain, nippon ichi, nmh2, no more heroes, nude maker, obsidian, overlord, pc, persona 3, persona 3 portable, platinum games, prinny, ps3, psp, recettear, red dead redemption, rescue the princess, rpg, sakura taisen, sakura wars, sci-fi, sega, sexy, shepard, sis, smt, so long my love, sofia lamb, space opera, story, storytelling, strange journey, tali, the dark descent, top 5, top lists, trauma team, variables, videogames, wii, year in review, yuri | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0003! Top 3! Long Edition!
Podcast THREE! First real podcast of 2011! b-rock is hungover, Cooleto is ringing in the new year, and Lost Link has vuvuzela fever! The crew wraps up NINE games, with THREE games a person, declaring the best game stories of 2010! Don’t you dare take this talk with a grain of salt; it’s not opinion, it’s FACT!
SUPER spoilers for:
- Obsidian Entertainment’s Alpha Protocol
- 2k Marin and 2k China’s Bioshock 2
- Bungie’s Halo: Reach
- Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain
- Playdead Studios’ Limbo
- Kojima Productions’ Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
- 4A Games’ Metro 2033
- Rockstar San Diego and Rockstar North’s Red Dead Redemption
- Atlus and Lancarse’s Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Get audio only mp3 here! Will also have GOOD AND PROPER WRITE-UPS for each of our TOP 3 lists so prepare yourselves for elegant extrapolation soon to come! Also tell us what YOUR top 3 game stories of 2010 were! Make sure to have lots of LA PASSIONE and beat out b-rock’s pretensions, Cooleto’s genius, and Lost Link’s bollocks!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Compliments to John Williams. SUPERBLY synced by Lost Link and EUPHORICALLY edited by b-rock.
January 6, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Show | Tags: 2010, 2k games, 360, 4a games, adventure, alpha protocol, atlus, best of the best, bioshock 2, bungie, debate, fps, halo, heavy rain, indie, john williams, kojima, left 4 dead, limbo, literary, megaten, metal gear solid, metro 2033, mos eisley cantina, nds, obsidian, pc, peace walker, playdead studios, podcast, ps3, psp, quantic dream, reach, red dead redemption, references, rescue the princess, rockstar, rpg, sandbox, shin megami tensei, sneaking mission, story, strange journey, super spoilers, top 3 list, uncut, videogames, year in review | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess #0002! Lost Link Editing Edition!
Rescue the Princess Episode 2, “Don’t Spare a Bear!”, edited by Lost Link! It’s shorter, more compact, version of this and has GAME VIDEO inside! Craziness!
SUPER spoilers still stand for:
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (LOTS)
- Bayonetta (KINDA)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (KINDA)
- Donkey Kong 64 (KINDA)
- God of War 3 (KINDA)
- Goldeneye (KINDA)
- Kingdom Hearts (KINDA)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (BIGTIME)
- Metal Gear Solid (ALL OF IT, RUN AWAY)
- Metroid Prime (KINDA)
- No More Heroes (KINDA)
- Planescape: Torment (BIGTIME)
- Red Dead Redemption (BIGTIME)
- Shadow of the Colossus (BIGTIME)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (KINDA)
- Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions (KINDA)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1 and 2 (BIGTIME kinda who cares it’s force unleashed)
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”.
January 5, 2011 | Categories: b-rock, Cooleto, Lost Link, Show | Tags: arkham asylum, batman, bayonetta, bears, boss battle, call of duty, chernabog, debate, donkey kong, edited, epic, force unleashed, gannon, ganondorf, god of war, goldeneye, karma, kingdom hearts, koopa, legend of zelda, literary, lucifer, mario, megaten, metal gear solid, metroid prime, modern warfare, montage, no more heroes, nocturne, planescape torment, podcast, red dead redemption, references, shadow of the colossus, shattered dimensions, shin megami tensei, short, spider-man, star wars, super spoilers, twilight princess, violence, war of words | 2 Comments »
Rescue the Princess! – Boss Montage is Best Montage!
Boss fight montage from Episode #0002, “Don’t Spare a Bear”! SPOILERS ABOUND; go check that post for which games were spoiled because you should watch that podcast anyways!
December 16, 2010 | Categories: b-rock, Bollocks, Vids | Tags: anamanaguchi, arkham asylum, batman, bayonetta, bears, boss battle, call of duty, chernabog, donkey kong, epic, fight club, gannon, ganondorf, god of war, goldeneye, karma, kingdom hearts, koji kondo, legend of zelda, lucifer, megaten, metal gear solid, metroid prime, modern warfare, montage, no more heroes, nocturne, planescape torment, red dead redemption, references, rescue the princess, shadow of the colossus, shattered dimensions, shin megami tensei, spider-man, super spoilers, twilight princess | 1 Comment »
Finding Yoshi’s Cookie – I: Gameplay vs. Story
Circumstance 1. I have yet to find all of the hundreds of stars in Mario Galaxy 2. I have one left to get and it’s a daredevil multi-course speed run. Every time cloud Mario gets shocked and dies on the floor, tears seep from my eyes. Not because I feel for this plumber, but because I want to get that last star and look awesome while doing it.
[Ed: SPOILERS FOR RED DEAD REDEMPTION]
December 15, 2010 | Categories: Cooleto, FYC, IMPORTANT | Tags: bollocks, cookies, game mechanics, intro, john marston, red dead redemption, story, super mario galaxy, super spoilers, versus, yoshi | Leave A Comment »
Rescue the Princess! – #0002! Don’t Spare a Bear!
Podcast episode number TWO! Heated literary debate on BOSS FIGHTS and why the montage is the best narrative device ever! I wanted to talk about Okami but I forgot and we also forgot to turn off AUTOFOCUS! SORRY AMMY! Features CENSORSHIP (TOO SOON MISCOMMUNICATION??) and SPOILERS (ranging from kinda minor spoilers…to TONS of spoilers…to BIGTIME spoilers so you should’ve played the damn game, you FOOL!) for (listed in alphabetical order for your convenience and discussed completely NOT in this order!):
- Batman: Arkham Asylum (LOTS)
- Bayonetta (KINDA)
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (KINDA)
- Donkey Kong 64 (KINDA)
- God of War 3 (KINDA)
- Goldeneye (KINDA)
- Kingdom Hearts (KINDA)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (BIGTIME)
- Metal Gear Solid (ALL OF IT, RUN AWAY)
- Metroid Prime (KINDA)
- No More Heroes (KINDA)
- Planescape: Torment (BIGTIME)
- Red Dead Redemption (BIGTIME)
- Shadow of the Colossus (BIGTIME)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (KINDA)
- Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions (KINDA)
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 1 and 2 (BIGTIME kinda who cares it’s force unleashed)
Get audio only mp3 from Mediafire! Don’t know if the end will cut off streaming again so here’s the direct download! HEY, LISTEN! SOMEONE TELL US WHAT THE END IS LIKE! Also this episode is dedicated to Fight Club and M. Night Shyamalan!
Opening music jacked from “8-bit Escape from L.A. Theme”. Censor music jacked from “Pure-White Giant Tiny Glastonbury”. Everything compiled and edited AWESOMELY by the simple and humble b-rock.
December 13, 2010 | Categories: b-rock, Bollocks, Cooleto, Lost Link, Pretentious, Show | Tags: arkham asylum, batman, bayonetta, bears, boss battle, call of duty, censored, chernabog, debate, donkey kong, epic, fight club, force unleashed, gannon, ganondorf, god of war, goldeneye, karma, kingdom hearts, koopa, legend of zelda, literary, lucifer, mario, megaten, metal gear solid, metroid prime, modern warfare, montage, no more heroes, nocturne, planescape torment, podcast, really really long, red dead redemption, references, shadow of the colossus, shattered dimensions, shin megami tensei, spider-man, star wars, super spoilers, top 5 lists, twilight princess, violence, war of words | 3 Comments »