Comments on: The RPS Electronic Wireless Show Episode 15

By: Thomas Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:54:54 +0000

Kieron: some spying-based pen and paper RPGs include Spycraft 2.0 (of a more traditional bent, but with some interesting mechanics for resolving conflicts which aren’t about hitting the other guy until he dies – car chases, interrogations, etc.) and on the independent scene, Spione.

I heard you talk about Dogs In the Vineyard once, but I’m not sure how much else of the independent roleplaying scene you have seen. THere’s a lot of neat stuff out there that moves well outside the usual RPG tropes. I’m not sure how far it could all help inform computer game development, but perhaps there’s inspiration to be had there.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:37:46 +0000

Link to the Past was better.

By: Almighty Narshe

Almighty Narshe — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:18:01 +0000

Ocarina of Time is still brilliant, and it is the Zelda I would choose to play now (including Okami, which is also excellent).

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:19:01 +0000

Something about being perfect for games on rails.

By: Lizard Dude

Lizard Dude — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:44:51 +0000

What exactly was Kieron’s witty comment about the Steam Engine that took Jim a beat to get? I couldn’t quite make it out.

By: Dr_demento

Dr_demento — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:55:45 +0000

OK, now I feel silly. Listen before posting next time.

One sound quality: Kieron has been sadly trapped inside a saucepan, while Jim forgot to turn off the scrambler after he issued the ransom demands. Is this a running joke yet?

By: JohnArr

JohnArr — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:08:42 +0000

Should they also shake for you at the urinal?

By: Zuffox

Zuffox — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:42:40 +0000

You should get an embedded player, RPS dudes. My laziness compels me to ignore the links. All work and no fun, etc.

By: Okami

Okami — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:05:37 +0000

I got mentioned in an RPS podcast *swoon*

By: Xercies

Xercies — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:45:55 +0000

I can still play Ocarina of Time to this day, and think that Twilight princess was good but not a patch on OoT. So I think your wrong on the front of what you were speaking about which I have forgotten…ahhh

Also I think reviews should put down the network problems, since 4 days to me says that the internet problems would be like that when it was released so you should critically lambaste it for it. But maybe if the internet games are good and the game is good you should just let it put down maybe one or two marks off the score since a reviewer is there to critique the game and the mechanics of the game So if the multiplayer is really brilliant does the bad net really count.

By: Dr_demento

Dr_demento — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:18:22 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to listen to the podcast yet so you might address this, but…

Please please please can you post about Tom Francis’ AMAZING alternative ending for BioShock on the front page proper? I’d love to know what you all think about it… well, Alec and John as well as Kieron and Jim. I assume you guys mention it in the podcast.

By: Larington

Larington — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:12:02 +0000

Occasionally it sounds like R2-D2 is in the background or something. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.