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 What is this, anyway? The Gabriel Knight series are 3 adventure games with absurdly long titles released by Sierra in the '90s. The games that make up the series are: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father, released in 1993 The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, released in FMV hell (otherwise known as 1995) Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, released in 1999 While being Sierra adventure games, these don't share the obnoxious qualities of most Sierra adventure games. That's because these games are all spearheaded by Jane Jensen, who seem to want to get away from all the cheap deaths that came from older Sierra games. She then went on to....make a bunch of hidden object games. Sounds promising.... It is! I will admit, the later games suffer in quality because of their chosen mediums, but the writing is decent, its nice to encounter a Sierra game not full of garbage game overs, and it's a decent change of pace. Of course, these games DO suffer from typical adventure game logic of "character picks up stuff that had no immediate use but eventually does and AREN'T YOU LUCKY YOU PICKED UP THAT CAT HAIR?" Hasn't this been done before? Indeed. Currently there is a playthrough of the first game by flamedrake which can be found here, and a playthrough of the first 2 games by Ensign_Ricky and Xander77 which can be found here. While they have done a good job of going through these games, those two are all screenshot LPs. We intend to do ours as video LPs because VOICE ACTING  You'll just need to watch to find out what I mean Is this your usual crap? Yep! Myself and Dewgy will do our usual, laid-back, dollar store rifftrax shtick! Soooooo.....yeah, come hang out, have a few laughs, experience an interesting old series, chat with us, and hopefully have a good time!   EPISODES EPISODE 1: THE RAWRIN' FARTIES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vedAdszX48 EPISODE 2: Get Your Own Mime, Grandma! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbnVLASy2Ck EPISODE 3: How Do You Pronounce "Njarlgjyns" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zuJPu6Nn4 EPISODE 4: Proudly Sponsored by Voodoo Box! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWzJf3aifRA EPISODE 5: Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Veve? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-gjRRzQaww EPISODE 6: Gabriel O'Knight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV3HaGn9cD8 EPISODE 7: Revenge of the Horoscope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZCRuT8IV4 EPISODE 8: Rosetta Stone: Voodoo Edition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-inF_DSy2Ko EPISODE 9: Adding Wound to the Salt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idKahDf3lho EPISODE 10: Pixeljäger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOVZkrdUzAk  EPISODE 1: Wilkommen bei 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5PwtHkqs0 EPISODE 2: The Ministry of Mundane Walks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGKlonHG9c EPISODE 3: Blatant Werewolfery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2G1_0ZraY EPISODE 4: MIDI Migraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfx9uW1mOF4 EPISODE 5: The League of Suspicious Gentlemen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVQNGeSjN-I EPISODE 6: Merk Mich, Baron-Sempai!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07LBFPEpx-I EPISODE 7: Knight at the Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iEL6QGArU0 EPISODE 8: Cash4Wolves.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5_6VViPpY EPISODE 9: Werewolfenstein 3-D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd2jj-hTb54 EPISODE 10: SNAP INTO A PIGEON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhb8L13DYqA EPISODE 11: I Wish it Was Over When the Fat Lady Sang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XgnUifm_E  EPISODE 1: Intro Sold Separately--Be sure to read the graphic novel linked in the description! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW4nHPoejA4 EPISODE 2: THE PUZZLE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t5EzIguyb0 EPISODE 3: Now With 100% Less Parkour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAs84bDYxCU EPISODE 4: How to Recognize a Mason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIt_N4ll0I EPISODE 5: Dumbwaiter Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYHEdaXLJQM EPISODE 6: Half Man, Half Grail, ALL ACTION!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-o2lpB5Gk EPISODE 7: Microsoft Access Simulator '99: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8y1L9MCu-4 EPISODE 8: "Fun" With Shapes!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuxyCQaqeqI EPISODE 9: Humping the Shark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBNDdR4BH3M EPISODE 10: Omelette du l'Ermitage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v9eOuYOY9c EPISODE 11: Not Ready for Triangles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICLlg6FiUPk EPISODE 12: The Knight's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VPKvroQ6LE EPISODE 13: It Gets Weird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tGBG8mBbHk ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS From Kangra "...Isn't that just the Beastie Boys?" (Ep. 2)  From Dewgy "The Adventure of That Guy Who Thinks Everything is Aliens" (Ep. 3) 
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Let’s be honest, what is a Sierra game other than a hidden object game at heart? They called ‘em pixel hunts for a reason ya know. 
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Mar 21, 2021 02:59
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I assume the West Germany thing is meant to be read from the return address on the letter, which would've been written long before the reunification of Germany. ...The problem is, if we assume Grandpa was still alive to receive the letter, it almost certainly had to have been written before East and West Germany were divided in the first place! I just spent too much time thinking about this. Good luck with the LP! I love the first GK game, and I'm looking forward to revisiting the second and discovering the third.
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Mar 21, 2021 05:01
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Ah, Gabriel Knight, aka Anne Rice-lite in my books since they always had that kinda vibe to 'em.
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Mar 21, 2021 06:45
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Walrus Pete posted:I assume the West Germany thing is meant to be read from the return address on the letter, which would've been written long before the reunification of Germany. You best mark those words, 'cause we'll see if you change your mind once we get there
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Mar 21, 2021 15:38
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Good luck indeed. These are fun games, mostly. The third is the worst one, in my thoughts.
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Mar 21, 2021 21:24
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I don't know whether to be disappointed or relieved that you didn't climb the ladder in the bookshop. The result was the second most quoted line from this game among my friends. I recently got around to playing through the remake of this game, and it's interesting to see what they changed and what they didn't. One major change was not introducing Grandma Knight until considerably later in the game, when you might have more reason to want to poke around in the attic and find the secret of the clock. The sketchbook was relocated, I think to the bookstore, where it makes a bit more sense to find it early on. It's hard to say whether that's much of an improvement, though, because it also introduced a terrible puzzle that isn't in the original version, makes no sense at all, and I hate it.
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Mar 21, 2021 22:09
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Nidoking posted:I don't know whether to be disappointed or relieved that you didn't climb the ladder in the bookshop. The result was the second most quoted line from this game among my friends. I had been thinking about doing the remaster for this, but after looking and realizing that people had only done SS LPs of this....I couldn't deprive y'all of the voice acting in the first one Depending on how things go, maybe we can come back around for that one at the end. Professor Duck fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Mar 22, 2021 |
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Mar 22, 2021 01:09
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Professor Duck posted:You best mark those words, 'cause we'll see if you change your mind once we get there Ha!  I've heard about some things (including the infamous puzzle), and as long as I don't have to play it myself it'll probably be a fun trainwreck to witness.
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Mar 22, 2021 01:17
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Nidoking posted:I don't know whether to be disappointed or relieved that you didn't climb the ladder in the bookshop. The result was the second most quoted line from this game among my friends. Well I don't think we locked ourselves out of it so maybe we can backtrack a lil bit. 
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Mar 22, 2021 01:28
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Dewgy posted:Well I don't think we locked ourselves out of it so maybe we can backtrack a lil bit. I'm curious what the first most-quoted line is...
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Mar 22, 2021 22:08
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Professor Duck posted:I'm curious what the first most-quoted line is... What can you tell me about Voodoo?
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Mar 22, 2021 22:24
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mateo360 posted:What can you tell me about Voodoo? Uncanny, I can hear it in my head already and we’re only one episode in.
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Mar 22, 2021 22:50
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mateo360 posted:What can you tell me about Voodoo? No, but "Do you know anything about snakes?" was definitely top five, along with at least one of the topics we haven't heard yet. The top entry in the list is one that we haven't heard yet, and won't likely make much sense until we have, but you'll know why when you hear it: "Thanks for everything! I had a lovely time!"
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Mar 22, 2021 23:38
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Professor Duck posted:I had been thinking about doing the remaster for this, but after looking and realizing that people had only done SS LPs of this....I couldn't deprive y'all of the voice acting in the first one
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Mar 23, 2021 04:37
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Aww. I was hoping you'd suffer through the remaster. Video is really the right format to show off all the weird animation issues it has. Edit - you've linked flamedrake's playthrough twice. Xander77 fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 12:05
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Xander77 posted:Aww. I was hoping you'd suffer through the remaster. Video is really the right format to show off all the weird animation issues it has. I mentioned above that we might circle back for that once we go through the original trilogy. Also, first post fixed to actually link to the right place!
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Mar 23, 2021 20:51
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cuc posted:Suggestion: the game audio is currently too quiet in your video compared to your commentary. I think it can be similarly loud (though you should pay attention to the music volume relative to voice acting), since you are not talking over the voice acting. Duly noted! We actually record the game and commentary separately and I mix it in post, so this is something I can fix going forward without too much trouble. Once part two is up (probably tomorrow) let me know how it is.
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Mar 24, 2021 01:00
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I don't know if the translation of that poem is going to be plot-relevant, but it's odd how off the English is. Maybe it's supposed to be done by a non-native English speaker, or by Gabriel himself? I imagine Jensen wrote both, so there may be a reason for it. Here's an off-hand translation of my own: Three dragons creep into my sleep My soul they want to gobble whole with fiery breath and forked tongues enjoying every meal. In the second line the phrase 'zum Fraß' carries a clear connotation of bestial eating ('devour' works too), so 'repast' is odd. And while 'die Seele' could mean 'the soul/spirit', the context here implies 'my soul' (but that could be an ambiguity the game is intentionally obscuring; it's also the object of 'wollen', not the subject. The third line in German is a bit odd, since 'feurigen Atems' means 'of/belonging to the fiery breath', and maybe is meant to connect with the previous 'Fraß'? I'm not a native speaker, so I may be missing something idiomatic here. Scheißjäger could mean one thing, but scheiß- is often as not used that way as an intensifier (something like 'the drat hunter') or it could also mean 'the lovely hunter'.
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Mar 26, 2021 23:09
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Kangra posted:Scheißjäger could mean one thing, but scheiß- is often as not used that way as an intensifier (something like 'the drat hunter') or it could also mean 'the lovely hunter'. I am entirely OK with this.
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Mar 26, 2021 23:52
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Kangra posted:Scheißjäger could mean one thing, but scheiß- is often as not used that way as an intensifier (something like 'the drat hunter') or it could also mean 'the lovely hunter'. it's actually spelled Schattenjäger 
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Mar 27, 2021 02:07
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mateo360 posted:it's actually spelled Schattenjäger That's the word used in the game. It's not the word they're talking about.
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Mar 27, 2021 04:10
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Dewgy posted:I am entirely OK with this. Hell, with the way Gabriel kinda bumbles through everything, it makes WAY more sense Anyway, we're finally into part 2: Tactical Mime Action! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbnVLASy2Ck
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Mar 27, 2021 04:32
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What do you know, it is them!
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Mar 27, 2021 23:27
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Kangra posted:What do you know, it is them! Incredible. 
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Mar 27, 2021 23:34
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Kangra posted:What do you know, it is them! Ready to fight for their right, they are! Thanks for the artwork! Much appreciated
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Mar 28, 2021 00:25
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So, we were out for a while with various things going on, but we're back! With a new episode, no less!  Come join us in the various (mis)pronunciations of this game's location!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zuJPu6Nn4
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Apr 13, 2021 20:20
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Voodaliens? Aliedoos?
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Apr 13, 2021 20:25
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St. Louis Cemetery #1 was actually a grain silo built by aliens.
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Apr 13, 2021 20:44
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Hel posted:St. Louis Cemetery #1 was actually a grain silo built by aliens. ...if by "grain silo", you mean bags of bones, then sure If you're not familiar with Nawlins burial practices, it is definitely different.
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Apr 14, 2021 03:23
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Our pace is a little behind our normal recording clip, but here we are with part 4! We're slowly grinding through... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWzJf3aifRA
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Apr 16, 2021 20:44
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I know we gave the sponsorship slot to the subscription box, but I still think there's some money in those bacon-scented firelogs...
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Apr 20, 2021 00:33
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Dewgy posted:I know we gave the sponsorship slot to the subscription box, but I still think there's some money in those bacon-scented firelogs... There's money to be had in bacon anything, honestly. Speaking of subscription boxes, here's the next delivery of Gabriel Knoodoo: Voodoos of the Foodoo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-gjRRzQaww
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Probably the third most disconcerting change in the remake is that they pronounce many of the names differently. "Loa" is particularly noticeable, with the emphasis on the second syllable rather than the first. You get used to it, though, which makes going back to this version feel that much weirder. Also noticeable is that the narrator in the remake doesn't pronounce the H in Times-Picayune. One of my favorite things about this game is that Gabriel does, in fact, record the lecture, and if you listen to the recording, Hartridge does actually trail off mumbling about butterflies and fireflies. Another is the amount of detail in the seemingly inconsequential interactions. You can often tell who was in charge of a specific Sierra game, or a specific part of a game, by clicking a random cursor on a random object and seeing whether you get just a generic message or something relevant to what you did. Jane Jensen loved that kind of detail.
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Nidoking posted:Probably the third most disconcerting change in the remake is that they pronounce many of the names differently. "Loa" is particularly noticeable, with the emphasis on the second syllable rather than the first. You get used to it, though, which makes going back to this version feel that much weirder. Also noticeable is that the narrator in the remake doesn't pronounce the H in Times-Picayune. I have to say, I REALLY love the deep variety of messages that you get doing random stuff in the game. The "use stuff on self" message I've been getting with some of this stuff, I had no idea it was there, and some of it is pretty great!
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Part 6! More bad accents! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV3HaGn9cD8
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Professor Duck posted:Part 6! More bad accents! Gotta love that thumbnail. “Shush, Gabriel! They can hear your scene chewing from three blocks away!”
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Ah, this episode opens with that puzzle I mentioned that became so much worse in the remake. For whatever reason, once you have the hundred dollars from selling the painting, Willy Walker will raise the price of the crocodile mask to $120. I think he just does it to spite Gabriel, which makes complete sense, but you do still need to get the mask, and buying it with the money you have is no longer an option. So... just take a guess what you have to do. In fact, take as many guesses as you want. You'll never figure it out. As for learning that Sam is a retired jeweler, I'm pretty sure the bartender tells you that at some point. It kind of comes out of nowhere because it needs to. This is another thing they "fixed" in the remake - you learn about Sam's profession by reading an ad in the newspaper, which is both the lead that opens Napoleon House on your map and also makes it seem very strange that he takes so much convincing to do any jewelry work. Why is he buying ad space for a business he no longer runs? I do love Gabriel's fake Irish accent, as cheesy as it is. As a kid, I was impressed that he could perform a fake accent performing a fake accent. Now, I think it's kind of bad, but in the way that it should be.
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Nidoking posted:Ah, this episode opens with that puzzle I mentioned that became so much worse in the remake. For whatever reason, once you have the hundred dollars from selling the painting, Willy Walker will raise the price of the crocodile mask to $120. I think he just does it to spite Gabriel, which makes complete sense, but you do still need to get the mask, and buying it with the money you have is no longer an option. So... just take a guess what you have to do. In fact, take as many guesses as you want. You'll never figure it out. It's fairly obvious. You start a fire in the store that causes 'smoke damage' to the mask, and then you convince Walker to give you a discount. To start the fire, you need to get a cigarette, of course. That's done by talking to the teenager in the park, who wants you to buy him a pack of cigarettes. You do this, but in addition to taking his money, you also have to steal one cigarette out of the pack before giving it to him. Then you can start the fire in Walker's shop. However, first you have to disable the smoke detector, or else Walker puts out the fire. (Actually, you don't disable the smoke detector, you steal the fire extinguisher; the detector goes off anyway). To steal the fire extinguisher, first talk to Walker about snakes, then get the fake rubber snake that Grace keeps in her desk and scare him with it.
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