RetroforceGO! Episode 24: Mario Madness Pt. 2

btw: Sexy picture Toph. Just sexy.

The RetroforceGO! name logo makes me want a fruity treat of any sort. Perhaps a fruity candy cane?

Kalvin loves some Super Dodge Ball.

UR MR GAY? (see official Mario Galaxy logo)

Downloading now. This’ll be great to listen to on the train home tomorrow.

I'll listen to this later. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, get the garlic!

I'll listen to this later. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, get the garlic!

I'll listen to this later. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, get the garlic!

I'll listen to this later. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, get the garlic!

Rev Rant this week is fail. Not on the meat train, btw. Married, not cheating.

I dunno. I see the angle (in paraphrase/summary) "how can I respect you if you dress sexy and then want to talk about equality". In a modern rational world, why should expression/highlighting of sexuality discount rational discourse? Sure, it'd feel ridiculous talking world politics with a Hilary Clinton in a Princess Leia costume, but if nothing's stoping me from putting on a Kratos costume, you can't really fault HER for that.

I guess my beef is with the ideal society of equality being everyone distilling themselves down to Orwellian uniformity and declaring, then, a state and system of societal equality . . .

"if nothing's stoping me from putting on a Kratos costume, you can't really fault HER for that"

That's the point -- you DON'T put on a Kratos costume and flaunt it around every eight seconds. Or at least, the vast majority of male gamers don't. As Atheistium said, most of the grrl gamers inextricably link flaunting their boobies with personal gain and demanding to be taken seriously -- something which, if most male gamers did it, would seem opportunistic and hypocritical.

I could name names, but you can't tell me that all (or even most) of the hot gamer grrls who are successful in the industry are particularly good writers or commentators, or even that they have anything significant to say other than the constant contradictory cries of "respect me!"

Well yeah . . . every eight seconds is a bit much . . . even for a Kratos costume . . .

I feel you there.

I guess my experience is from a different angle than what you're talking about. The women I know in the games industry (which I guess shouldn't be confused with Grrl Gamers) don't happen to have a displayed need to sexualize their persona as a gamer. They unquestionably "game" and they got the job on their merits as an applicant. I know it, I was there. Given that entrance into things gaming, I wouldn't find fault in the occasional cosplay, Occasional being the key, I think.

Rant In, Rant Out. Great show guys!

Well yeah . . . every eight seconds is a bit much . . . even for a Kratos costume . . .

I feel you there.

I guess my experience is from a different angle than what you're talking about. The women I know in the games industry (which I guess shouldn't be confused with Grrl Gamers) don't happen to have a displayed need to sexualize their persona as a gamer. They unquestionably "game" and they got the job on their merits as an applicant. I know it, I was there. Given that entrance into things gaming, I wouldn't find fault in the occasional cosplay, Occasional being the key, I think.

Rant In, Rant Out. Great show guys!

holy crap @ comments lul

This is why the virtual console department @ Nintendo HQ lives in fear...

Rev, your rants are pure truth every single time. Thanks for that.

Fucking epic!

I finally got a chance to listen to you guys today. I've been too busy playing Mario ^_^ and I got a new job which is taking time away from Mario... and Puzzle Quest.

I've beaten Mario Galaxy and my fiancee and I are working together to get the rest of the stars... as of this typing we're at 94....wait... 95....nope 96. I have to say I totally agree with you guys on a lot of points you made with Galaxy. The level design is mind blowing in this game. I still stand by my 2.5D comment ^_^

However, I found in later stages that the faults of the camera perspective rear its ugly head and make some of the later stages unnecessarily annoying. Chad, you may disagree with me, I recalled you guys mentioned you're not too far in the game.

I hadn't thought too much about swimming mechanics in Nintendo games until you mentioned it in the podcast. Nintendo can't do swimming levels in 3D right.... you're totally right!

Isn't the music in this game awesome? I think it's Koji Kondo's best work. Also kudos to the other guy who did music on it too (I forgot his name but saw it in the credits).

Finally, don't feel bad about hating on Mario 64. I was never a fan of it either. Although I will fully admit it was because of the move to 3D and the analog stick on the N64 controller. In fact I actually liked Mario Sunshine better. I looked at Sunshine as kind of a side story versus is full fledged sequel; think of it as Mario Goes on Vacation.

Okay, finally part 2. I liked NSMB for the DS but I felt like it was still a pale imitation of the older games. I would still like to see a sequel to it and give the guys another chance...

My ideal Mario sequel would have some new powerups and some old (like the tanooki suit and hammer suit) and bring the koopa kids back. Fuck Bowser jr.

Okay I wrote a mini novella. Sorry about that. You guys are my favorite podcast. I've never agreed with any gaming journalists more than you guys.

@ShinSennju
I ended up responding to it in the cblogs, it was supposed to be short, but turned into something bigger...lol

You can read it here:
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Virtualgirl/my-thoughts-on-this-week-s-reverend-rant-are-you-a-grrl-gamer--55891.phtml