Shadow of the Colossus (Part 2): Every living lizard is a failure to RP | Episode 9

Today on Never Was A Gamer, we've finally played Shadow of the Colossus!

In the course of our discussion, we also mention a game we both love called Realistic Kissing Simulator, by Jimmy Andrews and Loren Schmidt. It's free and you can play it in about 30 seconds, so please do: http://jimmylands.com/experiments/kissing/.

Timecodes:

0.49  So how do you feel?

3.00  Structure of the game.

9.50  Agro/Argo.

13.30  The camera: friend or foe?

15.35  The world.

17.50  The Plot.

24.50  Gameyness.

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27.45  What is a boss (reprise).

32.15  Ungameyness?

34.35  The boss loop.

39.58  Stamina as a mechanic

42.30  The first colossus.

47.48  Highlight #1: Hot Air Bags (#13).

53.53  Highlight #2: Bulldog Ramming Speed (#14).

58.39  Highlight #3: Grave Deer (#4).

1.04.30  What if less water.

1.05.21  Lowlight: Tamatoa (#9).

1.07.40  What have we learned about our taste in bosses?

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1.11.13  Feelings n art n shit.

1.20.40  What makes a game artful?

1.26.45  Do we need Meaning?

1.33.15  Games as whole experiences.

1.34.21  Predictions (Agro check!) and final score.