053: Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice (DLC)

12/26/18 • 46 min

Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We make sure that our Yeti costume doesn’t shrink in the dryer and enter the world of Repugia for Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice.

Developer: Double Fine Productions | Publisher: THQ, Double Fine Productions and Dracogen (PC) | Release Date: December 21, 2010

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Shay Whiston collect dandy candy and stamps, tell terribly good Dad jokes and lure people away from their relaxing getaways with French Fry smell.

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

Special Guest: Shay Whiston (@ShaelynTai)

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Show Notes (spoilers):

1:40 The crew welcomes Shay to the show and we talk a little bit about her gaming habits (like Pokemon, Fallout 3)
3:55 What is Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice?
5:15 Moe didn’t play the base game, just the DLC
7:40 Shay shares her love of Double Fine and Psychonauts
10:40 Could you play Grubbins on Ice before the main game?
14:30 We go deep on the costumes in Grubbins on Ice
19:00 What were your ideal loadouts?
23:40 Losing to start the game and a difficulty spike to end the game
27:40 Using the French Fry costume
30:15 Beating the final boss (Araxia and Big Bones)
34:10 Jacob shares some details about Amnesia Fortnight and how it ties into Costume Quest and Stacking
36:40 The writing in Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice
39:15 Bobbing for eyeballs?
40:10 A Costume Quest cartoon?
42:05 The PC version that almost didn’t happen
43:00 Is Grubbins on Ice a Christmas game?

We make sure that our Yeti costume doesn’t shrink in the dryer and enter the world of Repugia for Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice.

Developer: Double Fine Productions | Publisher: THQ, Double Fine Productions and Dracogen (PC) | Release Date: December 21, 2010

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Shay Whiston collect dandy candy and stamps, tell terribly good Dad jokes and lure people away from their relaxing getaways with French Fry smell.

Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot.

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

Special Guest: Shay Whiston (@ShaelynTai)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

1:40 The crew welcomes Shay to the show and we talk a little bit about her gaming habits (like Pokemon, Fallout 3)
3:55 What is Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice?
5:15 Moe didn’t play the base game, just the DLC
7:40 Shay shares her love of Double Fine and Psychonauts
10:40 Could you play Grubbins on Ice before the main game?
14:30 We go deep on the costumes in Grubbins on Ice
19:00 What were your ideal loadouts?
23:40 Losing to start the game and a difficulty spike to end the game
27:40 Using the French Fry costume
30:15 Beating the final boss (Araxia and Big Bones)
34:10 Jacob shares some details about Amnesia Fortnight and how it ties into Costume Quest and Stacking
36:40 The writing in Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice
39:15 Bobbing for eyeballs?
40:10 A Costume Quest cartoon?
42:05 The PC version that almost didn’t happen
43:00 Is Grubbins on Ice a Christmas game?

Previous Episode

052: Hitman Part 8 [Holiday Hoarders]

The Wet Bandits hit the Palais in Paris and the crew is tasked with stopping them.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: WB Games | Release Date: December 14, 2016

Jacob, Mike, Moe, and special guest Thomas recount their journey to stop the Wet Bandits from taking their crime international with only a piano wire, syringe, and Santa suit at their disposal.

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

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

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Show Notes:

1:40 Two-time guest host Thomas Riess speaks about his site, Charged Shot
3:00 What the heck is Hitman: Holiday Hoarders?
4:09 We talk about our love for Home Alone and tie that movie to this episode of Hitman
6:15 The difference between “Regular Paris” and “Holiday Paris”
8:25 Who’s the worst Hitman? It’s Jacob.
9:45 Jacob breaks down his playthrough
15:30 Mike came in third place on the leaderboard. He breaks down his playthrough.
22:20 Thomas is a three-star, second-place killer (but he did find Santa)
29:00 Moe’s playthrough was only a four-star playthrough
35:50 Thomas’ role-played a little bit, we reminisce about Home Alone and talk about the challenges on this level
39:40 Our final thoughts

Next Episode

054: Shadow Complex

Developer: Chair Entertainment in association with Epic Games | Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios | Release Date: August 19, 2009

Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn stomp around a secret military base throwing grenades at every Metal Gear.... i mean.... “mech” they see.

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Players: Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn

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Show Notes (spoilers):

3:00 Metroid/Castlevania similarities
4:20 What is this game? Do we find the Vice-President?
6:52 This story isn’t as good as we were expecting.
9:00 The mechanics of targeting
10:15 Small game? But didn’t Epic Games make it?
12:45 More Fortnite
13:50 Kevin tries to dig into his issues with the game
15:50 How did this get built secretly? There were definitely Instagram and Snapchat leaks
20:50 Weapons were OP; grenades killed everything
26:00 MOE READS (in real life only)!
27:20 MIKE PROVEN WRONG!
31:30 What part of the suit was your favorite?
38:30 The guys cringe
41:00 The ending and story were so random?
43:10 What was Xbox Live Arcade and how did it effect development
46:30 Our final thoughts, is it a great game, should you leave it behind?