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Tuxedo Ted posted:This Alan Awake character seems like a bit of a prat. It's the part where he storms out into the dark to get away from his wife who is afraid of the dark that gets me every time.  CJacobs fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Dec 6, 2016 |
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Yeah Alan was a bit too abrasive for my tastes. I really identified with the protagonist of the sequel game that my aunt bought from the supermarket.
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As a resident of the state of Washington, I can confirm that we have many volcanoes, including more than one caldera lake. I get to look at one that's supposedly due to explode 'any time between now and 1000 years from now' every day when I look out the front window of my house.
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Hostile V posted:Yeah Alan was a bit too abrasive for my tastes. I really identified with the protagonist of the sequel game that my aunt bought from the supermarket.  Yes, tovarich! Very good!
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Shei-kun posted:As a resident of the state of Washington, I can confirm that we have many volcanoes, including more than one caldera lake. I get to look at one that's supposedly due to explode 'any time between now and 1000 years from now' every day when I look out the front window of my house. Don't look away, a watched volcano never erupts.
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Accordion Man posted:While I liked Alan Wake, this kind of goes into one of the big reasons why I think Deadly Premonition is the better game. Both games wear their inspiration on their sleeves; both are heavily inspired by Twin Peaks and as previously stated Alan Wake is Stephen King as hell, but Alan Wake is just content in just emulating them a lot without really doing much of its own thing while DP goes off of Twin Peaks' path and into its own direction. DP is a lot more clever with its narrative conceits as well, what Alan Wake tends to do is just spoil stuff that's going to happen through the collectible script pages, but DP actually messes with the preconceptions of someone who's played video games before when it comes to a certain character.
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Dec 7, 2016 03:22
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Just a heads up, it might be a bit longer than usual till the next update comes, sorry about that. It's finals week! https://twitter.com/CJacobsSA/status/806549284258775043 And all my editing time is being spent working on my video production course final.
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Dec 7, 2016 18:44
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Real life is more important than LPs. Don't worry about it.
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Dec 7, 2016 19:33
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Agreed. We're not going anywhere, and you have more important things to think about. Also.... CJacobs posted:
Same. Banish those pants and bring out the pajamas!!
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Dec 8, 2016 02:20
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Comrade, please! We have noticed you, this is not necessary!
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Dec 8, 2016 03:24
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I can't see any body hair. I hope you don't freeze to death CJacobs.
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White Coke posted:I can't see any body hair. I hope you don't freeze to death CJacobs. Don't worry, the next shot is me grabbing my insulated comfy sweatpants! (edit: well actually the next shot is my pants flying from stage left to right into the hamper but you don't wanna see that) http://puu.sh/sI68y/4d426e82fa.webm Fish Noise posted:Comrade, please! We have noticed you, this is not necessary! To quote Skippy Granola from our earlier conversation about the tweet: 
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Dec 8, 2016 06:12
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The biggest mystery of this Let's Play so far is that I already am subscribed to Skippy Granola's youtube channel and I can't for the life of me work out why. Not in an existential "Nothing he has done is of worth" way, but a "I must have been following a let's play of his and I can't remember which one" way.
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Alan Wake is a game I remember extremely fondly and never want to play again because that would ruin my memories by reminding me how annoying it actually is
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algebra testes posted:The biggest mystery of this Let's Play so far is that I already am subscribed to Skippy Granola's youtube channel and I can't for the life of me work out why. I'm just happy to have re-earned your subscription. Thank you Alan Wake
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algebra testes posted:The biggest mystery of this Let's Play so far is that I already am subscribed to Skippy Granola's youtube channel and I can't for the life of me work out why. For me it was Bulletstorm. Although I should have unsubscribed after I bought RAGE because he made it seem fun.
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Dec 8, 2016 20:40
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Skippy is one of the few Canadian LPers here. So it's nice to hear national pride twang. Also, it's -30c/-22f here, so I don't see anything wrong with jackets, no matter how not chilly it is.
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SystemLogoff posted:Skippy is one of the few Canadian LPers here. So it's nice to hear national pride twang. The ones I can name off the top of my head are basically Skippy, Blind Sally, Jobbo_Fett, Tyty, Psychedelic Eyeball, and myself. 
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Dec 9, 2016 10:25
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Think I subbed to Skippy during Saints Row The Third.
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Dec 9, 2016 12:27
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Come for the Alan Wake videos. Stay for the Skippy appreciation.
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Dec 9, 2016 12:49
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nine-gear crow posted:The ones I can name off the top of my head are basically Skippy, Blind Sally, Jobbo_Fett, Tyty, Psychedelic Eyeball, and myself. There's also Lady Naga and Heavenator, though I am hard pressed to name anyone else.
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KieranWalker posted:There's also Lady Naga and Heavenator, though I am hard pressed to name anyone else. I think Kaubocks said he was Canadian in one of his recent videos. And there's Frenzy, along with Cletus, and Swordfish. And Danaru.
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   It's time to get outside for a breath of fresh air, take in the sights and sounds of the night, kill a dog with an axe. All those things us city folk just aren't used to. edit: by the way, I mention in the video that Alan Wake is 5 years old, because at the time it was. We recorded the commentary for the first episode of the game a literal year ago. My god. CJacobs fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 19:36
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This is a fantastic loving LP.
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Dec 12, 2016 20:51
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Thanks to the Quantum Immortality Machine's unintended side effect, I have now read every version of Alan Wake's Departure. And I can confirm that the darkness is real. Especially as, in several of them, Departure is literally Jackie Estecado fanfiction. Quantum immortality, as it turns out, is somewhat overrated.
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Dec 12, 2016 20:53
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CJacobs posted:edit: by the way, I mention in the video that Alan Wake is 5 years old, because at the time it was. We recorded the commentary for the first episode of the game a literal year ago. My god. Have you been recording commentary for a whole year or is there a backlog and you're doing fresh stuff now?
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In that last cutscene, the sheriff's expression is so well done (it doesn't quite fit the context, but it looks great), and then you get Alan Wake's inexplicably and (consistently) bad facial animation. Was this an inside joke for the team or something?
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Dec 12, 2016 21:29
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Energizer Batteries: Reload them like bullets. Energizer Lithium Batteries: One equals like three normal batteries.
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Dec 12, 2016 21:31
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chitoryu12 posted:Have you been recording commentary for a whole year or is there a backlog and you're doing fresh stuff now? The latter. This LP was supposed to start right after Dead Space 3, so I recorded the game and edited all the footage and Skippy and I recorded commentary for the first episode! ...And then I got sidetracked with a bunch of other LPs, so it got put in cold storage until just a month ago when we finally recorded Alan Wake's Episode 2. Believe me, there are a bevvy of jokes about it in store.  AbstractNapper posted:In that last cutscene, the sheriff's expression is so well done (it doesn't quite fit the context, but it looks great), and then you get Alan Wake's inexplicably and (consistently) bad facial animation. Was this an inside joke for the team or something? I have no idea. Alan and Alice have the worst facial animations of anybody in the whole game and I just don't get it. Nice piece of fish posted:This is a fantastic loving LP. Thank you, that makes me feel good 
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chitoryu12 posted:Have you been recording commentary for a whole year or is there a backlog and you're doing fresh stuff now? I only ever get service on my Verizon phone once per year
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Dec 12, 2016 22:04
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They (the characters) have poorly modeled teeth. That's what is weird about them.
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Dec 12, 2016 22:40
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Something I love about this game is the radios. The forests are incredibly oppressive and uncomfortable so having that soothing voice talking about nothing in particular is a wonderful respite. Edit: Night Springs owns, but nothing could ever top Lords & Ladies from Max Payne 2. One last edit: I love the songs at the end of each episode. People who skip the songs are WRONG. SirSamVimes fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 22:49
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I don't know what you guys are talking about - I totally have a torch (sorry, "flashlight") that is powered by my hands and that I can will to be brighter at the cost of draining its battery faster. Alright fine it's a hand-crank torch with two brightness settings. Anyway, you two are really funny. I don't know how you manage to stay so on the ball with your commentary all the way through.
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I only just noticed how they actually simulated Wake's ears ringing the first time he fires the gun.
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It's amazing how changing one simple word change the entire meaning of a piece of prose. "I was terrified. I squeezed the fleshlight like my life depended on it, willing it to stop coming any closer. Suddenly, something gave, and the light seemed to shine brighter." Also, Nice piece of fish posted:This is a fantastic loving LP.
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Dec 13, 2016 00:08
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Alan Wake studied writing at the Moorcock Institute
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CJacobs posted:The latter. This LP was supposed to start right after Dead Space 3, so I recorded the game and edited all the footage and Skippy and I recorded commentary for the first episode! I've been ribbing him for a while now that this LP was so long in coming that it was originally supposed to be me and Blind Sally along with him instead of Skippy
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Dec 13, 2016 01:48
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CJacobs, I swear if you don't make a Liam Neeson joke by the end of this LP, I am gonna be, like, so disappointed.
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Dec 13, 2016 03:10
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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nine-gear crow posted:I've been ribbing him for a while now that this LP was so long in coming that it was originally supposed to be me and Blind Sally along with him instead of Skippy It probably was! I didn't know Skippy when I first decided to do Alan Wake! I just have a habit of attracting handsome Canadians I guess. IronSaber posted:CJacobs, I swear if you don't make a Liam Neeson joke by the end of this LP, I am gonna be, like, so disappointed. Oh don't you worry, there's plenty of time left for this gag to run its course.
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CJacobs posted:It probably was! I didn't know Skippy when I first decided to do Alan Wake! I just have a habit of attracting handsome Canadians I guess. It's not that difficult. You just dig a pit, cover it, and suspend some flannel and denim over it. They're so polite they even give you advice while you cook 'em.
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