Episode 47: Genre Dive: Shooters
The 47th episode of the podcast gets you caught up on the number of games that Jake and Travis have moved into or out of their backlogs. The Hot Jakes cover the three of the more intriguing news items in the gaming world, and first and third-person shooters are the topic of discush!
Episode 47
SABOTAGE SABOTAGE SABOTAGE
Greetings
Introduce hosts + factoid
Twitters
If you’re new to the show
Recap any blog or video released since last episode
OffKillter 8 Sports Stories
#CCMission this week was to sub to our YouTube
Recent pickups & On the Radar
Trav
Pickups
Limbo & Inside (double pack, $15 xb1)
Looking for good deal on NieR Automata (PS4)
Dollar Dorks
Radar (Aug 15 through Aug 28)
Title
Date
Platform
Niddhog 2
8/16
PS4, PC
Jake
Pickups
Radar (Aug 15 through Aug 28)
Title
Date
Platform
Uncharted Lost Legacy
8/22
PS4
Previously on Pawlykeeeeel
Jake runs down all the free games you can get this month and speculates on what the atari box might actually be about. Trav didn’t beat a single game while Jake hammered home Mortal Kombat X and knocked out a new years resolution by beating the classic game JetPac. The fellas share everyone’s games from the justbeatit hashtag before deliberating what all-time great RPG’s to add to their backlogs for the TAWPIG OFWWH DISCUSHSGGH
Hot Jakes
News topics that Jake has an opinion on
Jake OLLIE’S the following
Square Announces Dragon Quest Builders 2
LOOK AT THESE SLIMES!
Valve unveils announcement
ANOTHER DAMN CARD GAME!
New XBox One Dashboard is coming
JUST LEMME CUSTOMIZE!
Completed Games or Retired:
TWITTER POLL: CHECK IT AND SEE
Trav: Castlevania Bloodlines (gen), Walking Dead new frontier (xb1), Beyond Good & Evil HD (xb1), [retired]Fatal Plane (ps2), Limbo (XB1)
Jake: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 (XB1), Tekken 6 (XB360), UnFarted 3 (PS4), Glaucoma (XB1) [retired] Trials HD (Xbox 360)
#justbeatit
Name
Game
Platform
Brian
@hokiebriz
Last of Us
PS4
Jeffrey
@SelfDestructow
The Swapper
Frankie
@vypyrstryke
Tacoma
Caramel Ken
@SirChefGod
Final Fantasy XV
Cliff
@CliffHikes
God of War II HD
Jeff
@ProjectJeff85
Halo Wars 2
XB1
Monkygirl
@Colettelev
Gauntlet: Slayer Edition
PS4
Sean
@CartridgeBros
Journey
POLYKILLER CLUB
Myles
@FlockofNerds
Walking Dead New Frontier
Caladrius Blaze
PS4
Diego
@alatinolawyer
Kirby’s Adventure
NES
Little Inferno
Switch
RocketSauce
@itsRocketSauce
Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions
Evil Within
Musty
@MustyHobbit
God of War III
Journey
Lo
@nintenlo
Journey
Brothers: Tale of Two Sons
Papo and Yo
Caleb
@calebJross
Wolfenstein The Old Blood
Nova-111
Kyle
@DOPLIC
Yooka-Laylee
PS4
Dragon Spirit
NES
Mario Pinball Land
GBA
GG App
@TheGGApp
Ori and the Blind Forest
Fallout 4
Dean
@Round2Gaming
Alien Syndrome
SMS
Journey
Pam
@Jasyla_
Little Red Lie
Steam World Dig
Pyre
Tacoma
Goetia
Journey
Insecticide
Added to Backlog:
Trav: Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (xb1), Limbo (xb1), Inside (xb1)
Jake: Bayonetta (XB360)
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The Long Play:
Games that we are spending the most time with in our backlog.
Trav: --nothing atm---
Jake: Horizon Zero Dong
Sidequests:
Games you don’t tell your long play about.
Trav: TMNT2 Arcade Game (nes), Baldur’s Taint: Dick Alliance (ps2), Res Evil 7(xb1), FFII (SNES)
Jake: Bayonetta (XB360), AC Boredom Cry (PS4)
Discush
SHOOTERS (Particularly First Person and Third Person)
Major differences in concept - first person shooters are almost always exclusive to a shooter mechanic - third person shooters often blend with other genres (horror, rpg, adventure). Many games allow for both or switching perspective.
What was the first first-person-shooter you ever played?
Travis
Wolfenstein (Windows 3.1)
Doom (Windows 3.1)
Jake
Spear of Destiny (Windows 3.1)
First person shooters meteoric rise to popularity
Wireframe in the 80’s
Maze-like games - Faceball (SNES) in early 90’s
Then BOOM - Wolfenstein 3D in 1992
Doom in 1993
Heretic in 1994
Star Wars Dark Forces 1995
Duke Nukem 3D in 1996
GoldenEye 007 in 1997
Half-Life in 1998
Halo in 2000
What are your all-time favorites? Maybe a top 3?
Trav
DOOM 2016
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Far Cry 3
Jake
Half-Life
BioShock Infinite
Titanfall 2
What was the earliest third person shooter you remember playing?
Trav
The 3rd person levels of Contra
Star Fox
Jake
What are our favorite 3rd person shooters?
Trav
Gears Series
Garden Warfare 2
Panzer Dragoon
Jake
Gears of War 3
Max Payne
Spec Ops: The Line
-Vanquish
Which do we like more? First Person or Third Person shooters?
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