Nate, Sebastian, and Ryan sit down to discuss WOLFENSTEIN 3D, the grandfather of the first-person shooter. We talk schlock, grindhouse aesthetics, and how deeply ingrained genre-specific controls have become in gaming. Sebastian refers to musical stylings as "tang" for the second consecutive episode, and Ryan watches too much History Channel. Nate gushes about Bj Blazcowicz's soft voice.
SHOW NOTES:
Manual PDF: http://www.abandonia.com/files/extras/23636_game_extra_1.pdf
Browser version: http://3d.wolfenstein.com
Nate, Sebastian, Ryan and new guest Kari tackle 1992's THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: A LINK TO THE PAST, the most delicious(?) game we've yet encountered. We talk about the advent of lore and world-building in games, "canon," and whether the impulse to arrange all the Zelda games into a coherent timeline is reasonable (Nate: no, Ryan & Kari: absolutely).
SHOW NOTES:
Illicit scans of some Zelda comics:
http://www.zeldacapital.com/comics.php
Buy Shotaro Ishinomori's manga legitimately:
The SNES manual in PDF form:
The ROM hack that lets you play co-op LttP:
https://kotaku.com/new-link-to-the-past-mod-lets-two-zelda-players-share-i-1797019696