016: Costume Quest

11/01/17 • 62 min

Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

Happy Halloween! We grab the coolest cardboard costumes we can find and jump skate first into Costume Quest. Jacob, Mike and special guest Andrew Perciballi pitch imaginary games to Tim Schafer, knocking on doors, dad taxes and General Mechanics. “I digress is the theme for today.” Our next episode launches on November 15th and we are playing Luigi’s Mansion!

A special thank you this episode to Lemuel Alquino; our raw audio was an inaudible mess and he was able to save the audio. You can check out his work at lalquino.com and on Twitter @LAlquinoProd.

You can now e-mail us your questions! Send questions about past episodes or questions about us to [email protected]!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Andrew Perciballi (@AndyofWindsor & Project Gateway Canada)

Additional Production: Lemuel Alquino (@LAlquinoProd)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

2:10 What is Costume Quest?
3:50 Jacob and Andrew pitch Costume Quest to Mr. Schafer
4:50 How do you play?
7:20 How did we play the game?
9:35 Knocking on doors?
10:25 Sound direction
12:40 Hypothesized time and place
17:00 We start to dive deep into “general mechanics”
19:00 The general progression
22:00 Comparing the writing to Spielberg cartoon?
25:50 Party make-ups
29:50 Also, candy corn is garbage
34:40 The fries costume
38:00 “Let’s go to the mall”
40:40 Video game malls, Bam Margera and jack**s
43:15 Candy receptacles
47:00 The maze
50:10 The final bosses
51:50 Andrew reveals his secret
54:25 Andrew’s “teenagers” theory; it’s a Game Theory
56:10 Dad Tax
59:00 Jacob and Mike pile on Andrew’s 6 out of 10
1:01:20 Our next game!

A special thank you this episode to Lemuel Alquino; our raw audio was an inaudible mess and he was able to save the audio. You can check out his work at lalquino.com and on Twitter @LAlquinoProd.

You can now e-mail us your questions! Send questions about past episodes or questions about us to [email protected]!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom)

Special Guest: Andrew Perciballi (@AndyofWindsor & Project Gateway Canada)

Additional Production: Lemuel Alquino (@LAlquinoProd)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

2:10 What is Costume Quest?
3:50 Jacob and Andrew pitch Costume Quest to Mr. Schafer
4:50 How do you play?
7:20 How did we play the game?
9:35 Knocking on doors?
10:25 Sound direction
12:40 Hypothesized time and place
17:00 We start to dive deep into “general mechanics”
19:00 The general progression
22:00 Comparing the writing to Spielberg cartoon?
25:50 Party make-ups
29:50 Also, candy corn is garbage
34:40 The fries costume
38:00 “Let’s go to the mall”
40:40 Video game malls, Bam Margera and jack**s
43:15 Candy receptacles
47:00 The maze
50:10 The final bosses
51:50 Andrew reveals his secret
54:25 Andrew’s “teenagers” theory; it’s a Game Theory
56:10 Dad Tax
59:00 Jacob and Mike pile on Andrew’s 6 out of 10
1:01:20 Our next game!

Previous Episode

015: Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando

We use our Tools of Destruction to annihilate Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando. Moe, Jacob, Mike and special guest Thomas Riess talk about the value of the circle strafe, shuriken and totally forget about the Uncharted series for a second (Jacob is really sorry for that). “Why are you playing this game on hard?” Our next episode launches on Halloween (October 31st) and we are playing Costume Quest! Grab the game on your platform of choice and join us.

You can now e-mail us your questions! Send questions about past episodes or questions about us to [email protected]!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Thomas Riess (@CSGThomas | Editor in Chief, ChargedShot.com)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

2:50 Why did Moe choose Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando?
3:45 Ratchet & Clank Weapon Ads
5:10 Game setup
8:55 Saturday morning cartoons and R&C; is this game appropriate for adults?
15:00 The Naughty Dog – Insomniac Games connection
17:15 The start of weapon talk...
17:40 ...and Thomas makes a list of good weapons and bad weapons
25:25 Our experience with the series
27:15 Mike wasn’t very good at Going Commando
34:35 We talk about our favourite weapons
36:40 The high-fives start on the podcast & Moe hates Olaf from Frozen
40:15 The story
42:00 The variety in the gameplay
47:25 Inverted? Sorry... what?
51:00 The ending. What?
52:45 The Ratchet & Clank Movie
54:55 The “Sucker Punch – Insomniac – Naughty Dog” Connection

Next Episode

017: Luigi’s Mansion

The spoopy games continue with Luigi’s Mansion. Jacob, Moe, Mike and special guest Travis Colenutt look deeply into mirrors, use magical vacuum cleaners and walk backwards down creepy hallways. “Marrrrriiiiiiioooooooooooooooo!” Our next episode launches on November 29th and we are playing Spec Ops: The Line!

You can now e-mail us your questions! Send questions about past episodes or questions about us to [email protected]!

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub

Show Notes (spoilers):