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I've been going into Wall Mode just to get a closer look at some of the creatures in this game. I had no idea Deadrocks were supposed to be lizard-like. I though they were tiny monkeys with wings!

Congratulations, Ucantalas! Both are amazing games and have some of the best moments of Zelda in the series. (Don't tell anyone I bailed on Wind Waker during the Triforce shard hunt.) I just finished Back to the Future: The Game. It was a lot of fun! The last two episodes feature Doc deliberately trying to sabotage Marty's mission, which made sense for the story, but brought in a dynamic that was uncomfortable to think about. They're supposed to be a team! The weird, alternate timelines were pretty wild, going as far as to turn Hill Valley into a dystopia and a ghost town. The puzzles were decent, but it was difficult at times to "roleplay" as Marty when stuck in endlessly repeating actions and dialogue in order to find the right path. Anyway, it's fun and it feels like Back to the Future. It's weird how permanently the DeLorean sound effects are embedded in my brain.

I had to bail watching tonight's Spelunky stream upon the second Goo Goo Dolls song. You're a perverse man, Breckon!

Wait, what? What is wrong with that company? How is that not just an automatic thing that they do? I hooked up my old Super Nintendo to play A Link to the Past in anticipation of A Link Between Worlds, so I am freshly prepared to notice all the callbacks. Does Nintendo just expect everyone else to do what I did?

How many times has Dishonored been mentioned on this podcast at this point? Between guard voices this week, mask discussion in other weeks, and endless Dishonored Holiday enjoyment, it must rival Far Cry 2 in terms of name dropping.

We've come a long way from Michael Jordan on a 386. Untitled Pong-Style Game sounds like it would be my favorite PS4 launch title.

I am finally playing this game for the first time via the iPad. I just finished the third episode. I'm surprised at how well the game is able to capture the Back to the Future spirit, not just in the references to the films, but how there are still opportunities for action/adventure scenarios. Marty has fought Tannens and their goons more times than I would have expected! Some of the adventure game logic bursts out of nowhere sometimes, though. Marty starts messing with statues and things before I even know what they fully look like.

That Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey anecdote was terrific. It was perfect Nick Breckon backstory. Nick Breckon lore.

Yeah, but is it in stereo or mon—

Someone repackaged Joe Strummer's circa-2000 radio show "London Calling" as a podcast, and I thought it was terrific. Joe had such an infectious love of all types of music and it really comes across on this show.

What kind of website are we running here?

Is that guy supposed to be somebody in particular? Is Kirby one of the DotA Lords?

It's gotta be The Royal Tenenbaums, right, dibs? Such a detailed home! I want to lick the wallpaper in that house even more than the wallpaper in Willy Wonka.

I greatly enjoyed Jake's iPad/Yule Log app Dad Joke. I have love for dad.

I'll have to replay this, but I completely missed who the fisherman when I played this as a kid.

Know that you are always loved, Toblix. Know that whenever I play Jones in the Fast Lane, I will wonder, "what is Toblix doing right now"?

I'm actually cracking up at work at all your well-chosen examples. When watching the stream I liked the contrast between Nick's immediate, anguished cries, and Chris's slow moments of dread (like the big bee).

For people patiently waiting for the Mac version of The Stanley Parable, how spoiler-y does this get?

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Aw, these folks are all right. It's OK to be cranky and stuffy! Our government will dutifully compile their complaints and then (hopefully) take no action at all. This is actually an accurate recounting of the episode The Food Wife.

Hey, Sega is rumored to be working on another Aliens game! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBsw7FUbOt4

PS: Thank you, Steve, for continuing to pump the theme from . (I wanted to make sure I got the title right and almost all the Twitter mentions are from Steve himself, including this one.)

Yeah, I thought we'd get some Chris Remo-approved "majesty of space" kinda thing. Then the trailer showed aliens out of Masters of Orion bust through the door and start laser blasting. "Oh, I guess it's that kinda thing," I said.

I'm sorry you had to get a new one, Hermie. I kept an eye out and your thief never came online. I see your old profile now doesn't give a "Last Online" date at all; it did for a while but it was only since the last time you were online with it.

Well, I just Google Image searched "OK let's go rescue Sandy!" in quotes and discovered what looks like Maniac Mansion recreated in Second Life. With everything that goes along with that...