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another coma Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:34 am
"I have no facial animations, and I must scream"
In 20XX, narratives in popular vidcons declared a war on whimsy and made an obvious beeline towards feature film, opening the floodgates on the always awkward world of voice acting in games. How can so much talent, effort, and money be pooled in the service of an element so frequently cast off as being mediocre (or at best, serviceable)? We attempt to answer these questions, and more, and more, and more.
A. French Robots
Stay tuned after the "end" of the program because there's an extra 45 minutes of Deets and I sitting on the porch, drinking iced tea and whittling the afternoon away.
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Select Button Podcast 55, ft. adilegian, B coma, cubalibre, deets, Oh God Spiders No, and Rayjack
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another coma Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:34 am
Introducing Megaman 3 Password Screen Music in Human Form
The SBDNPC returns to talk about disappointments, and in a highly appropriate turn of events puts forth very little effort at delivering on the topic. Well, that's not entirely true; we still manage to talk about Chrono Cross, Double Dragon Neon, and potential future disappointments like OUYA and Wii U.
Nevertheless you'll still get a solid hour and twenty minutes of free-association videogame discussion, provided you don't mind that discussion being a long-form audio essay on the virtues of male pregnancy/smothering your children with Angry Birds merchandise.
Oh, you mind... *gurk!*
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Select Button Podcast 54, ft. bza, diplo, felix, Lainer, Mr. Apol and Rayjack
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diplo Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:28 am
CASTLEVANIA: CIRCLEOFTHEMOON
Circle of the Moon (CotM) is the first of the Game Boy Advance Castlevanias, and the last one on the platform that I’m giving a thread to. It’s the one which I’ve had the most vacillating feelings for. Most of those feelings have found resolution in lethargy. This, coupled with the history of vacillation, makes it difficult to find a starting point for talking. Note that I started this playthrough – of a few-hours-long game – last October, only returned to, and finished, it again a few months ago, and have put off writing about it since. After thinking it over, I thought I’d begin where CotM is usually positioned by others – as an ignored breath of hope for the series –, because this is where one of my main contentions lies.
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another coma Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:39 am
 
Your eyes will stop working.
Technical difficulties, alcohol, a trip to Koreatown, a comedy show, headache medicine, an expertmouse broken under the sheer weight of editing, japanese children's games and tens of thousands of dollars in expensive recording equipment bring you this week's amazing two volume release of the selectbutton.net podcast.
Spring Green: Join Persona and myself in studio as we reassemble the tattered remains of the original Pokécast, which arrived nearly dead on arrival. Will Persona remember anything anyone was saying? Not if I can help it! Buckle up this ain't gonna be short!
Salmon Orange: Ever wonder what it takes to compete in the Boston Regional Pokémon Trading Card Game finals? If you find out please tell us.
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Adilegian Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:29 am
This is the Freedom We've Won for Ourselves
Metal Gear GONEline
selectbutton.net podcast number fifty-one: the vidcast: the game
No bullets in your rifle? Use your handgun.
Empty handgun? Lob a grenade. No grenade?
Salute and take your place in the universe.
SelectButton's ALL-STAR CAST of MGOphiles tackle a farewell to Metal Gear Online
in this vidcast journey through the game's play modes and special characters.
Presented in stunning 720p! Don't forget to change your YouTube resolution to HD output!
Featuring a special bonus guest appearance from KojimaProductions.net's Nitroid,
former admin of the world famous Metal Gear Solid: the Unofficial Site.
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Select Button Podcast 51, ft. adilegian, analogos, Ashura, diplo, end of the world,
esc, Grant Dempsey, Landroverattack, Nitroid, Parker, SchwereViper, and secret character.
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L Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:46 am
Select Button alum Anna "dessgeega" Anthropy has observed on a few occasions that most vertical shmups are no longer games about survival. This isn't immediately obvious, though, as games like Giga Wing and Ikaruga emphasise their unique shielding mechanics and toys from the outset. What is Ikaruga known as, if it isn't The Shmup Where Half The Bullets Don't Hurt You? But deeper and less accessible point-scoring dynamics lie beneath the surface of these games, and the further you go, the more their designs fixate on them, with the player's ability to survive being taken for granted. Why else is Ikaruga replete with triplets of enemies, if not to be linked in vast unbroken scoring chains? Why else is the brutal coin-feeding arcade-style level progression still so standard, so unquestioned?
Even Jamestown, designed to be the Shmup For The Rest Of Us, with its level-select . . . Read more
another coma Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:17 am
Soon we will all live in the uncanny valley - I myself have a very nice little villa down there.
AGAINST ALL ODDS the Select Button Podcast makes it to episode fifty, so we're celebrating by putting the brakes on the cynicism long enough to talk about the experiences we'd like to have in GAMES OF THE FUTURE.
Well, not really. We just spend the whole two hours watching sweet GTA San Andreas youtube vids, sobbing, and edging ever nearer to the Red Button.
Next Episode: Welcome to RedButton.net!
Link - www.redbutton.net
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Select Button Podcast 50, ft. adilegian, B coma, CubaLibre, diplo, Mr. Apol, Take it Sleazy and Texican Rude
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another coma Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:37 pm
The Rise, Fall, Rise, Fall and Rise of the who gives a fuck 3D.
SQUARE-ENIX 2012: lauded Final Fantasy/Dairy Queen powerhouse or financial buttress propping up the house of Eidos Interactive? The SBDNPC Fun Club suspects that it ain't so much watered down as it is a fine mist. What is Square actually doing these days, wait why the hell are there so many zippers in here and oh god oh god is that what I think it is?
Stay tuned for the epic conclusion of the Keyblade War. The Keyblade War. The Keybla
*crackle*
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Select Button Podcast 49, ft. Deets, diplo, Felix, Lainer, robotdell, and spectralsound
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