Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin' is a surreal comedy series made by Anthony and Ashly Burch. They do a (semi) weekly podcast.
This week's HAWPcast starts off like your typical nostalgia trip -- Ash used to participate in forum-based roleplaying, har har har -- before turning into a more specific discussion about "hangout" games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon, which then somehow turns into a discussion about Left 4 Dead 2, which then turns into a discussion about nonlinear story delivery.
You can listen to this week's episode here, or subscribe to the show on iTunes.
If you want to read the Resetti article we reference about halfway through, you can do so here.
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11:00 AM on 12.13.2009
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...and then I turned to Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
What is this? I don't even
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/12/14/left-4-dead-2-dlc-the-passing-to-feature-l4d1-cast/
Also, I got into Harvest moon on the n64 too... I also agree it is the best version. It will be till I can butcher my cows for TEH MEATZ.
Always thoughtful and illuminating. I'm saddened about one thing in the podcast, though. You talk of the survivors meeting up and some get shot and stuff in the CEDA camp. I posted this a few hours into the comments of your "Why the survivors might be infected"
post:
"A possibility: Maybe in L4D3, each campaign will have a different set of (L4D1 and L4D2) survivors. Or maybe a heart-wrenching what-if: Let's say there's a section where the survivors are being "cleansed" (killed) by CEDA and 2 from each game survive to make a L4D1+2 hybrid team. :O (Please kill Francis and Ellis.)"
Gimme some credit for my crackpot theory, sir!
http://www.destructoid.com/why-the-left-4-dead-survivors-may-secretly-be-infected-153722.phtml
Inserting a cutscene into a videogame is like inserting a page of the script into the middle of a movie and expecting people to read it.
[url=https://twitter.com/NateTehGreat/status/4382157622]https://twitter.com/NateTehGreat/status/4382157622[/url]
I can only hope this telepathy starts going both ways, Anthony. :]
http://twitter.com/NateTehGreat/status/4382157622
Oh and as for the podcast, lovin' it!