Capcom’s ‘Demon’s Crest’, or ‘Demon’s Blazon’ in Japan, is not only one of Capcom’s greatest 16-bit games, but one of the best 2D platformers of any generation. Demon’s Crest has some of the best Gothic music and most detailed graphics of the SNES library. Capcom was on its game for this underrated Super Nintendo Classic. LlamaPockets makes the claim that the visual style was made to show off muscles, as all of the enemies seem to Cross-fit in Hell.

Conversation Topics:

• LaughingMan shows how the ‘jaggies’ in old school video games aren’t correctly represented in the 8-bit and pixel art styles of modern indie games like Shovel Knight. Old CRT televisions had distortion, dithering, and color-bleed. The effect made the images much smoother than what people believe old school retro games look like.
• In Demon’s Crest, boss enemies don’t have health bars. Instead, they gradually change color to indicate how close they are to defeat.
• Todd Howard and Elon Musk at E3 2019 regarding games that you can play in your Tesla. Especially Beach Buggy Racing 2. Hopefully while not driving…
• The Catherine remake is going to be great, but will you get kicked off Twitch for streaming it?
• Our thoughts on game-streaming services like Google Stadia, and video games as as service vs physical copies.
• LlamaPockets is jacked about his Final Fantasy VII Remake pre-ordered steelbook edition. DukeCT says he’s going to wait for the full version to come out. It might be a decent way to spend his Social Security money when it finally does.
• LlamaPockets’ friend was having problems looking past the graphics of older games.
• LaughingMan and LlamaPockets are on opposite sides of the Final Fantasy VIII (remaster) divide: LaughingMan thought that the story of Squaresoft’s Final Fantasy VIII was incoherent, convoluted, and unmemorable. LlamaPockets praises its more mature themes and how it evolved the graphical capabilities of the Playstation.
• Which side of the debate are you on?

Original Air Date: June 15, 2019
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LaughingMan games out with his long-time friend, LlamaPockets (aka Bob) to play some games starting with the punk rock beat’em up, “Charlie Murder” by Ska Studio, creators of “The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile” and the critically acclaimed “Salt & Sanctuary”. Their first point of contention is that Monster Ultra isn’t “Boomer” enough, so they fuel their gaming with the resurrected Surge cola, just like they did in the late 90s.

Conversation Topics:

• LlamaPockets still can’t get over the fact that LaughingMan can’t play horror games to save his life. “I’ve never seen a more upsetting playthrough of Silent Hills P.T., ever”
• Konami is finally going back game development after an affair with pachinko machines, likely thanks to Kojima bankrupting the company. Hideo Kojima is likely an egomaniac that can’t tell a clear or understandable story.
• Mother Russia Bleeds mentally scarred LlamaPockets after he Google searched the drug of the same name.
• LlamaPockets tells LaughingMan about how his Amazon Prime was pushing low-budget, home made Native American zombie horror movies on him
• LlamaPockets and LaughingMan met in 1st grade because of Nintendo Power Magazine
• Calling friends over to play the Devil May Cry 1 demo disc from Resident Evil Code: Veronica
• Nintendo wins E3 2019, and the Switch is infinitely better than the Wii and Wii U
• LlamaPockets wants to inject Cyberpunk 2077 and Keanu Reeves directly into his veins
• Blizzard’s mobile Diablo Immortal game fiasco could have been easily avoided by not (allegedly) bait-and-switching Diablo 4 news
• The Lootbox controversies with Disney, Star Wars and the new Avengers video game from Square Enix

Original Air Date: June 15, 2019

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One thing that Iconoclasts does well is the tasteful, minimal use of in-game tutorials. In contrast, the modern lengthy, trite, and condescending tutorials are something Nat and LaughingMan can’t stand. However, it’s soon apparent to Nat that the only thing more annoying and insufferable than in-game tutorials are people who are watching you play the game…

Tyra gets Nat and LaughingMan hooked on the 2D action puzzle platformer, “Iconoclasts”. Tyra does an excellent job at giving us the lowdown on one of her favorite games, and hints at darker aspects of the game’s story. Another point to praise about Iconoclasts is the very non-hamfisted, more organic way to present strong female characters and diversity without being “woke” or to far “up your arsenal”.

Original Air Date: June 03, 2019

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