Episode 7 - Still Half-Alive
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 9:47PM Rise and shine, Mr. Listener. Rise. And. Shine. (Not that we wish to imply you have been sleeping on. The job.)
That's right folks, you guessed it! It's time to talk about STAR CONTROL II !!!!
But first, it's time for Half-Life talking (with some spoilers for HL1 and 2). The guys are joined by Marty McFly (who insists on calling himself Haynes) to talk about the entirety of the Half-Life series, from its humble beginnings as a PhD from MIT red button pushing simulator, to the legendary game phenomenon that it is today. But does it deserve all that praise? Does it? Really? Only listening will tell...
Once the dust settles, the trio try to talk really fast about why Zero Punction is getting old for some of us really quick, leaving just enough time to squeeze in a quick 35 minute discussion on Star Control II, and then it's back to the hibernation chamber for another week!
Unfortunately the first segment in which WillyBeans talks about smearing his makeup with human tears (no, seriously) is haunted by the age-old audio demons. But once the guys start talking about their experiences with dating girl gamers, it's smooth sailing with DocBrown, WillyBeans, and Haynes.
Just you wait until we get our Haynes on you.
Music this episode:
Sonic the Hedgehog - Green Hill Zone
Mortal Kombat (Movie) Theme
Half Life 2 - Apprehension and Evasion
Half Life 2 - Black Mesa Inbound
Half Life 2 - Tracking Device
Half life 2 Episode 2 : Last Legs
Zero Punctuation Intro
Star Control 2
Find the media we game at: Zero Punctuation (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation) and particularly Ben Croshaw's game 'Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment' at http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/gfw/
Download Star Control II legitimetly for free as the 'The Ur-Quan Masters' at http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
Email us at podcast@gamingthemedia.com
Intro music for this podcast provided with permission by Xavier Dang at www.xavierdang.com