The Escapist Show: Episode 12: Gaming in the Triangle

[Nerdfury]

That 'Eat Lead' game looks like a cyber western, intriguing! Also Russ reminds me of Steve Carrel, that is a compliment

From what I recall, Eat Lead is about a retired video game hero making a comeback in next gen graphics, only to find out the latest game is a plot to kill him. It's a game that breaks the fourth wall by having you play a game character that actually IS a game character in a game. It's like Bruce Willis playing the role of a retired action star in a new action movie, to be dragged into a real action movie.

Confused?

Also, I do enjoy a World of Her Pwn. It's sweet!

 

[Taerdin]

After watching that video I have one thing to confess...

I absolutely love redheads! I NEED MORE SAM :O

 

[MuseMCD]

Yea, I thought that one guy was Playing TF2, wasn't sure though...

 

[xxDarlenexx]

Woooo! VERY jealous I wasn't in this episode! It was all kinds of awesome! Next time, Mason...next time.... >=-D

 

[hypothetical fact]

Does it bother anyone else that all the "Triangle area" game studios shown are actually outside of the triangle?

Yes, but I'm fairly pedantic. 3 towns are involved, but that doesn't mean you can draw a perfect shape over all the gaming developers there.

The skits were a bit weak, but stuff is always funnier if you're there and Russ looked like he was having a great time. The reporting was good though and world of her pwn alternates between great and annoying...

It's fine that they all weren't over the triangle but none of them were. The importance of the triangle seemed to be that it was orbited by companies.

 

[khamstra]

Great job, guys - really an entertaining, cool episode Looking forward to the next

 

[Andraste]

Does it bother anyone else that all the "Triangle area" game studios shown are actually outside of the triangle?

Yes, but I'm fairly pedantic. 3 towns are involved, but that doesn't mean you can draw a perfect shape over all the gaming developers there.

They are in the Triangle. It's a geographic region made up of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and their suburbs. Morrisville is located between all three, and Carrboro and Cary abut Chapel Hill and Raleigh, respectively, such that one cannot tell where one ends and the other begins. It's really one large metro area with people traveling between the cities frequently; I work in Durham, but live in Cary, and often go out in Raleigh, for example.

So, you can put your botheredness (It's OK, I'm an Editor) at ease. Knowing is half the battle.

 

[Combined]

Another good episode. I liked the overview, the slight humour (Especially the Bull part. What was that bull even doing there?) and it also rekindled my long lost love of caffeine.

Also, I'm starting to think that Russ likes being followed around by the camera.

 

[Grimmory]

Another good episode. I liked the overview, the slight humour (Especially the Bull part. What was that bull even doing there?) and it also rekindled my long lost love of caffeine.

Also, I'm starting to think that Russ likes being followed around by the camera.

The mascot of the Durham baseball team is the Bull, and thus the bull pops up all over Durham.

That Bull in paticular blows smoke out its nostrils when there's a home run.

 

[Lebeau's Bounty]

Russ, was that a quick shot of you doing mocap for Red Storm??

 

[Graham]

Great video, really informative.

I love behind the scenes shows, keep'm coming Escapists!

 

[The Harpomarxist]

This show continues to impress me, especially a World of Her Pwn! (I totally would have gone with the Monkey Suit though.)

 

[Russ Pitts]

Russ, was that a quick shot of you doing mocap for Red Storm??

They were showing me how it's done. Which seems to involve wearing an EXTREMELY tight spandex suit and standing around getting pointed and laughed at. We'll feature more of that segment in a later episode.

 

[Logie--bear]

That 'Eat Lead' game looks like a cyber western, intriguing! Also Russ reminds me of Steve Carrel, that is a compliment

From what I recall, Eat Lead is about a retired video game hero making a comeback in next gen graphics, only to find out the latest game is a plot to kill him. It's a game that breaks the fourth wall by having you play a game character that actually IS a game character in a game. It's like Bruce Willis playing the role of a retired action star in a new action movie, to be dragged into a real action movie.

Holy crap, that is one of the best and most original ideas for a game I have heard of in a while

 

[Andraste]

Another good episode. I liked the overview, the slight humour (Especially the Bull part. What was that bull even doing there?) and it also rekindled my long lost love of caffeine.

Also, I'm starting to think that Russ likes being followed around by the camera.

The mascot of the Durham baseball team is the Bull, and thus the bull pops up all over Durham.

That Bull in paticular blows smoke out its nostrils when there's a home run.

Yes! Know the movie Bull Durham? That's the bull from the movie, as the team in the movie is the Durham Bulls. The funds from the movie shot in the old Durham Bulls stadium actually helped fund the construction of the new stadium you saw in this episode.

Fun stuff.

 

[Nerdfury]

That 'Eat Lead' game looks like a cyber western, intriguing! Also Russ reminds me of Steve Carrel, that is a compliment

From what I recall, Eat Lead is about a retired video game hero making a comeback in next gen graphics, only to find out the latest game is a plot to kill him. It's a game that breaks the fourth wall by having you play a game character that actually IS a game character in a game. It's like Bruce Willis playing the role of a retired action star in a new action movie, to be dragged into a real action movie.

Holy crap, that is one of the best and most original ideas for a game I have heard of in a while

I know, right? In a world of sameness, it's pretty refreshing. I love games that break the fourth wall.

 

[bean444321]

Yay, "A World of Her PWN!" I like that I get all the jokes, and the segues between the eal world and the video games are awesome. Make more, plz.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

O.O My god... I LIVE THERE!

I used to. Well, about an hour's drive away, anyway.

A pity the job market dried up and I ended up moving north. Would've been nice to try to get a foot in the door with one of these companies.

 

[TitsMcGee1804]

it was interesting learning about the game studio's etc, but did you really have to beef it out with all that twonk at the start and the beginning?

made me wanna turn it off