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Ever wondered how it feels to step into the shoes of gaming's most notorious villains? Well, folks, that's exactly where Scott and I kick off the New Year at the Gaming Blender – pondering what it would be like to design a horror game where you are the ghost!

Now, picture yourself as a mischievous ghost, toying with a virtual family in a darkly comedic game of haunting. This episode, we unveil our twisted fascination with a ghost-themed action game where strategising your spectral scare tactics is as crucial as it is wickedly entertaining. From petty poltergeist pranks to profound moral choices, we explore how a haunting game could challenge not just your gaming skills but your ethical boundaries.

We also take a critical eye to "Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League," fuelled by the latest buzz from IGN, and debate how playing as the bad guy impacts our experience. 

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Also please get in touch with us at @gamingblendpod or thegamingblenderpod@gmail.com with your ideas for new games and challenges.

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It's a half-filled house this week, as Jacob, Roocifer, Jarin, and Visor play The Wolf Among Us. Is this game a furry's utopia? We take a LIVE call from a past audience member! Jacob uses decimal point scoring to make life easier for everyone. Investigate this crime of a podcast by listening in!

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Denne gang mødes Anders, Stephan og Jeppe for at snakke om alt fra point-and-click spil til tunge actionspil.

Herudover bliver den indtil videre stille april kigget i sømmene, og der bliver talt lidt om gamle spil der får ny renæssance.

Hvis du, ligesom værterne, synes april er en stille måned, kan du jo passende sætte Popacocast i ørerne, og fylde stilheden ud med lidt snak om spil.

Hop desuden ind på vores hjemmeside popaco.dk og læs vores senste anmeldelser - der er nok at tage fat på!

Spillet siden sidst:

Slay the Spire: 1:20

Sekiro: 13:15

Norco: 33:40

Nyheder: 45:00

Return to Monkey Island: 45:10

Max Payne 1 og 2 remake: 47:50

Acti/Blizz hæver lønnen: 56:25

CD Projekt Reds forsinkelser: 59:10

Udkommet siden sidst: 1:05:28

Released in 2002, Syberia saw critical acclaim on release for its wistful and surrealist atmosphere.  You play as Kate Walker, an American lawyer sent to finalise the purchase of a clockwork toy factory.  But things are never quite that simple, and you end up having to journey across Europe via windup train, following in the footsteps of mechanical genius Hans and interacting with the brilliant devices he has created.  Along the way you meet a strange bunch of people, and do a lot of pointing and clicking to solve puzzles and otherwise overcome obstacles in your way.

But can Syberia still possibly hold up all these years later?  Is the point and click genre dead and buried for a reason, or can Syberia’s charming and atmospheric world prove otherwise?

On this episode, we discuss:

• How does Syberia build its world and make you believe in it?  Can a world so similar to our own with just a minor twist really capture our imaginations?
• What is Syberia trying to say thematically?  Are there inconsistencies across its main thread and the one you follow from the past, or does it coherently resonate across the entire game?
• Is the point and click adventure genre fundamentally flawed, a relic of the past?  Or does it still have something significant and meaningful to offer?  And how good is Syberia as a case study for what the genre represents?

We answer these questions, and many more, on the 55th episode of the Retro Spectives Podcast!

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Intro Music: KieLoBot - Tanzen K

Outro Music: Rockit Maxx - One point to another

Syberia OST: Nicholas Varley, Dimitri Bodiansky and Inon Zur

Dead By Daylight is sure to give you a multiplayer scare, the successful journey of the SUPERHOT series, and point & click horror Dark Room

❤️ Thom has been having the multiplayer fright of his life in Dead by Daylight by Behaviour Interactive

💚 SUPERHOT by SUPERHOT Team has been an incredible journey of success so far

💙 Dark Room is a Horror Point & Click Adventure by Lexip Games

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Solving the mysteries of The Room, building an empire from nothing in Kingdom Classic, and uncovering the truth in Her Story.

❤️ A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. Solve the mysteries of The Room in this point and click adventure series by Fireproof Games

💚 Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic

💙 A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover Her Story

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This week the ladies discuss the interesting 2016 point and click adventure Batman: The Telltale Series. This Telltale game offers a unique take on Gotham and the Batman universe that we think new players might enjoy. We discuss sparring with Catwoman, why a British dude would grow up in Gotham, and the hardships of being Batman’s butler.

Time Stamps:
00:12 Introductions
08:30 Main Topic: Batman: The Telltale Series
16:50 Batman deeper story discussion – extra spoilers!
01:10:00 Batman: The Telltale Series final thoughts (still full of spoilers)
01:12:03 Ending Spiel: What we’re loving this week

From the show:

Games featured in our Ending Spiel: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Knights of the Old Republic II, Destiny 2

Selina Kyle is played by Laura Bailey. She is known for many roles, including her work in Gears 5, Spiderman (2018), and the recent Last of Us Part II.

Vicki's parents were murdered by the way, not just imprisoned.

Link to the possible Dragon Age 4 screenshots: https://www.trueachievements.com/n42146/dragon-age-4-ea-play-live

It seems like the dark side ending for KOTOR that Emma mentioned might have been cut in the final version of the game. Here is one version found of youtube that appears to be close:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ydpEzN7GRU

The reviews for the Last of Us Part II that Rachel mentioned were on Polygon, Kotaku, and Skill Up on youtube. The reviews are spoiler free, but be very wary when looking online about this game since the spoilers are plentiful in comments, related articles, etc.

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Join us this week for a discussion about the 2014 game, The Wolf Among Us, based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. The game is a narrative adventure that follows the exploits of Bigby Wolf, working as the sheriff of Fabletown in gritty 1980s Manhattan. Listen to all of our thoughts about this wonderful title from Telltale games.

Time Stamps:
00:12 Introductions
02:46 Gaming Corner: What we’re playing this week!
11:53 Main Topic: The Wolf Among Us
27:58 Wolf Among Us deeper story discussion – extra spoilers!
01:10:43 The Wolf Among Us final thoughts
01:11:50 Listener feedback
01:17:10 Ending Spiel: What we’re loving this week

From the show:

Gaming corner includes – Guitar Hero, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Tacoma

The Wolf Among Us is set in 1986 Manhattan, not in the 1990s as we originally mention.

Bigby was voiced by Adam Harrington, who seems to be best known for his work in the Wolf Among Us. He was nominated for a BAFTA in 2015 for his performance. Interestingly he also voices The Woodsman.

The witch’s name was Aunty Greenleaf.

The Wolf Among Us 2 Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MtQCvRFIWM

The Game of Thrones telltale game is indeed voiced by most of the cast of the HBO series.

Last of Us Part II trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VubwgS2Y4

Playlist for 100 Baby Challenge on Buzzfeed Multiplayer with Kelsey Impicciche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U3p_euwP80&list=PLVAvUrL_VQiOBjGEXrmtAfsLZKNfBwp_I

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This week Emma and Rachel talk about the wonderful 2015 episodic game Life is Strange from Dontnod Entertainment. The discussion is especially spoiler filled as we dive into our favorite plot points and characters, so please check out the time stamps below if you want to avoid them.

Time Stamps:
00:13 Introductions
06:06 Gaming Corner: What we’re playing this week!
15:41 Main Topic: Life is Strange
30:20 Life is Strange story discussion – warning extra spoilers!
01:26:23 Life is Strange final thoughts – also has spoilers
01:29:54 Ending Spiel: What we’re loving this week

From the show:

Gaming corner includes – The Sims 3, Guitar Hero, Just Dance 2020, Journey to the Savage Planet

The game is called Ring Fit Adventure, not Ring Fit Switch. It’s MSRP is $79.99, and yes, it seems to be sold out still from a brief google search.

Ask a Mortician Youtube channel:
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The Butchering Art: https://www.amazon.com/Butchering-Art-Transform-Victorian-Medicine/dp/0374117292

Playstation’s Play at Home campaign is offering Journey and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake collection for free. https://www.playstation.com/en-in/campaigns/2020/play-at-home/

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Emma and Rachel have fun discussing the episodic critical darling Kentucky Route Zero by indie studio Cardboard Computer.

Time Stamps:
00:13 Introductions
08:03 Gaming Corner: What we’re playing this week!
19:46 Main Topic: Kentucky Route Zero
47:00 Kentucky Route Zero ending discussion – some spoilers
50:29 Kentucky Route Zero final thoughts
54:04 Ending Spiel: What we’re loving this week

From the show:
Gaming corner includes – Papers Please, The Long Dark, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Sons of the Forest is a game announced in December as a sequel to 2014’s The Forest that Emma mentioned.

The Long Dark is available on both PC and console. 

The first episode of Kentucky Route Zero was released in 2013, as Rachel said. Emma was looking at the Kickstarter announcement date.

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In this module Jake and Tamer talk discuss DIY, painting and Splatoon. They also discuss the new PlayStation 5, point-and-click adventure games and Jake brings another marble game to the table

Education games, coding and, of course; Jake talks marble mechanics and reveals his latest squeeze in Algodoo - the marble mechanic game.

Still looking for the next game to create. We've on the sport genre. The Bad Sport franchise: bad discus, bad swimming, bad hurdler. You get the idea.

And Tamer sneaks RISK into the chat and gets angry with "Definitive Edition" game releases...!

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We're donning our helmets for Guard Duty, Remembering Web Browser games, and uncovering a chilling tale in The Death of Erin Myers

❤️ Guard Duty is a point & click adventure set in two distinct time periods, medieval earth and futuristic space. What connects Tondbert, loyal Guard to the Castle of Wrinklewood, and Agent Starborn of the galactic resistance? Find out in the debut title from Sick Chicken Studios available right now on Steam

💚 Thom takes a trip down memory lane to visit some of the classic web games he used to play when he probably should have been working in college. Games like One Slime, Spank the Monkey, NeoPets, Trogdor, and Runecape

💙 The Death of Erin Myers is the first installment in Viperante's short story series. Find out Erin's darkest secrets as a cop and how she died in this chilling tale. Now available on Steam

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Nathi gibt euch einen kleinen Einblick in das Sci-Fi-3D-Adventure State of Mind aus dem Hause Daedalic. Das Thema Transhumanismus ist schon lange kein Cyborg-Science-Fiction-Szenario mehr wie es vor 20 Jahren ausschließlich in Kinofilmen der Fall war, sondern wird immer mehr zu einer mehr oder weniger gruseligen Realität, die in gar nicht mehr so ferner Zukunft ziemlich wahrscheinlich werden könnte. State of Mind schnappt sich dieses Thema und erzählt eine komplexe futuristische Story zum mitdenken.

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