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well I think it's time for another games
you might not have tried we got plenty
to cover so let's just jump right in
remember we're not claiming that any of
these are good just that they're
different and so on and so forth you
remember the rules okay first up Rock of
Ages Marble Madness meets Monty Python
mixed with more murder the idea is to
get your Boulder to the bottom of the
track with as much durability and
momentum as possible to break down a
door at the end and it's great fun but
the real star of the show is the game
style and whimsical sense of humor I
don't know if there's really much more
to say about this one oh yes there is
the game was made by a studio out in
Chile and it's awesome seeing great
games coming from more places around the
world we've heard from so many people
who have considered giving up on their
dream career because it feels like great
games just never come out of their
country and I hope games like this give
those people hope
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next up dark meadow
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if you have an iPad and you liked
infinity blade at all this is its
lesser-known horror s cousin it's one of
the few iPad games I would definitively
recommend it's funny smart creepy and
has without a doubt some of the best and
the most extensive voice acting on the
iPad Plus as an added bonus dark meadow
was actually just relaunched as a
free-to-play title on the iOS and
Android with a bunch of new content and
an improved combat system so go check it
out exotic I am still having a hard time
figuring out what I just played here I
can't even describe this one to you it's
the most crazy pile of different
mechanics thrown into a speedrunning
first-person shooter arcade style game
about insect plants I think that you
will ever see I know that description
didn't make any sense but it still kind
of sums up the game so just give it a
look because it's fun
recipe how did we not bring this one up
earlier an RPG where you run the item
shop a narrative about being extorted by
our racketeering fairy metahuman all the
ridiculous things we find in action
role-playing games plus solid gameplay
mechanics to boot
definitely a game for this list oh and
if you don't already own this one play
the demo first the save files from the
demo transfer over and the demo ends and
one of the best in game please to not
pirate a game I've ever seen
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Dungeon Defenders
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this one's not as out there as some of
the other titles on today's list but
Dungeon Defenders is a great little
multiplayer tower defense action game
you've got four different classes with a
different variety of towers and combat
abilities plus a leveling system and
tons of loot drops
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if you've got a group of friends and are
looking for something cooperative to
play through together I highly recommend
giving this one a look
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Triple Town we so rarely talk about
casual games in these episodes I think
it's high time we recommended something
for people who like games of a more
peaceful nature Triple Town takes the
match-three formula and makes a simple
but profoundly deep adjustment to how
we're used to match three games working
if you like puzzle games this one's
probably worth it at the price of free
King Arthur 2
the King Arthur series is this crazy mix
of the Total War series with Mass Effect
the combat and the overworld grant
strategy map that's all total war but
the dialogue choices yes dialogue
choices in a total war style game are at
times some of the best I've ever seen
there's still a lot of work they can do
to make the combat as tactical as what
you can find in total war and sometimes
the dialogue choices wander a bit into
the realm of reading comprehension
questions but if the idea of
role-playing in a total war game
interests you you can buy the prologue
by itself on Steam for something like 20
bucks and get a fantastic 10 hour
campaign to decide whether or not this
is your thing
speaking of steam over the last few
weeks there been a number of excellent
re releases on Steam of slightly older
games that might have flown under the
radar when they first came out so we'd
like to use this opportunity to bring a
few of these up first box Nora all right
I confess we loved in this one 10 years
ago when it first came out it's
essentially a collectable tactics game
so imagine tactic Soaker Final Fantasy
Tactics or of Disgaea but with Magic the
Gathering style booster packs and a very
rich leveling system for every unit I'm
not sure how many expansions there are
at this point so jumping in now may be a
bit daunting but if you like magic and
tactics games it's probably worth at
least looking at the free download
though I gotta warn you the steam
download is just a Java front-end for
matchmaking you've still got to do all
your army management through the SOE
site usability has come a pretty long
way in the last decade I guess
realm of the mad God
I guess we're giving a lot of love to
spry Fox today but a screw it those guys
deserve it realm of the mad God is a
bonkers top-down shooter MMO it bucks
almost all the typical MMO conventions
rather than grouping you just get
experienced for anything killed in a
small radius around you
death has real consequences but it isn't
simply there to force you to grind more
and classes are unlocked as you go with
something like 30 to choose from it's
also a great example of how much more
room designers have to make classes feel
different when we escape our standard
MMORPG round based combat definitely
worth a look
and finally dear Esther many of you have
probably already played this title it's
a curious one pushes the boundaries of
what we think of as a game
there's no combat or even really
gameplay in the sense that we usually
think about it rather it's an experiment
in nonlinear narrative you're stuck on
an island and as you progress around the
island and get to specific places or
look at specific things a voiceover
comes in to deliver you a small part of
the story while not for everyone it
certainly is an experiment and just how
we can use this medium in a different
way and I am all for that
well thank you for joining us for
another games you might not have tried
if you've got any good suggestions you'd
like to add come post them in the forums
because I'm sure there's still plenty
out there we haven't seen see you next
week
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