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Episode 79: May the Force Be With Luuke

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes. Yoda’s Stories. Star Wars Galaxies. Salacious Crumb: Nighttime Assassin. If you’ve no stomach for weird and/or bad Star Wars games, you might want to reach for the Alka-Seltzer because that topic dominates this episode of Disembodied Voices like a too-vigorous dose of jalapeno. Cameron’s out of the picture, but everyone else is pretending to be friends in the most pleasant of ways: Zachary takes one for the team by promising to review a particularly poor game gifted by the anti-generous Cameron, Stephen wants to talk about Balloon Fight (apparently?), and Bryan is acquiring Money & Castles in Mount & Blade. Light on content and heavy on silliness, everyone is pretty much hoping you’ll listen to the end purely for Shadow of the Colossus.

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Wanderer on the Offensive, originally from Shadow of the Colossus and remixed by B33J, Cerrax, Sixto Sounds, and nonsensicalexis.

Episode 78: Back in the Groove

The DV Cast is back in full effect and ready to bring you absolutely zero useful video game news in lieu of stuff they want to talk about! Someone has stolen Zachary’s pants, but whether Cameron or the gnomes from Golden Axe II are to blame is impossible to say. Speaking of Cameron stealing things, he’d rather pirate the next Infinity Ward game than give them his hard-earned money, neither plan of which Disembodied Voices officially supports. At least he didn’t illegitimately acquire (for long) Fary Cry 3: Blood Dragon, which Zachary now loves more than the human race. He certainly appreciates it more than he does Stephen and Bryan, who both want to talk about World of Warcraft and Mount & Blade but get shot down without mercy, forcing them to dive into philosophy instead. Philosophy and Altered Beast, that is. Clearly a barrel of monkeys would be hard pressed to compete with the fun on display in Episode 78 of Disembodied Voices, so turn up the volume and join in!

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Resurrection by Breakbeat, originally from Altered Beast and remixed by djpretzel.

Intermission: The Stephen and Bryan Show

Zach and Cameron are gone; lost in the hustle and bustle of life like so many wayward tumbleweeds. Stephen and Bryan are busy playing World of Warcraft and, without the peer pressure from their esteemed colleagues, have no reason to stop. You, listener, are a special VIP guest on their trip through Shadowfang Keep, a perilous dungeon teeming with ghosts and switches that don’t do anything. Although you can’t actually see or hear the game and Bryan leaves his brother alone for a full unedited ten minutes, the adventures you’ll have in Azeroth will never be forgotten. Monsters and unsanitary kitchens don’t phase the two heroes one bit as they depend on each other and moist cornbread to charge forth, never ever giving up until the bitter end, during which they give up. Best of all, Cameron will have a fit that this episode was recorded in the first place.

Episode 77: This Podcast is Like Wal-Mart

Hi. This is Disembodied Voices, a podcast for all of humanity to enjoy. Although video games are the attempted focus, Bryan wants to browse Wikipedia and read you snippets from 1877 history, so buckle up for an exciting ride this week. But hold up now and fear not! All the critically acclaimed games you’re dying to hear about are just around the corner, including Working Dawgs: Rivet Retriever and Dress to Play: Cute Witches! These heavy-hitting legends aside, talk of the latest Nintendo Direct drifts through the new Yoshi’s Island game, A Link to the Past 2, and flying Pikmin. Pandora’s Tower and Dishonored DLC are also visited, both of which include off-putting amounts of raw meat. That ought to sell you on Episode 77 of Disembodied Voices for sure.

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Gimme My Sword!, originally from Link’s Awakening/A Link to the Past and remixed by Rekcahdam.

Episode 76: The Legend of Titan Tails

Kevin Conroy joins the DV Cast for this special edition of the renowned video game podcast except not really because it’s just Stephen doing a Batman impression. He’s been inspired by the Injustice: Gods Among Us demo, you see, which somehow pulls the discussion into a sinkhole of Sonic the Hedgehog Archie comics. Speaking of plots that make little to no sense, BioShock Infinite gets some non-spoilery air time, including Bryan’s ultra hard mode second playthrough. Stephen has been busy torturing himself as well, what with Viewtiful Joe’s soul crushing boss encounters and BattleBlock Theater’s gauntlet of terror; it’s a wonder he’s anything more than an empty husk of shattered hope by now. But to keep the glass half full of sake, Zachary has been busy playing JRPGs like Persona 4 and Fire Emblem: Awakening. Don’t miss out on the super duper fun!

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Picolescene, originally from Tails and the Music Maker and remixed by zircon.


Episode 75: Donkey Konga for No Reason

Super Important Note: This episode was originally slated for April 2, 2013 but due to technological silliness was replaced with this thing. Rather than waste a perfectly good episode, it is being released now. Thanks.

Welcome, welcome! This is the 75th episode of Disembodied Voices, the video game podcast that just won’t stop. This week there is much ado about the Wii U gamepad’s potential and lack of potential, coupled with LEGO City Undercover and its collect-a-thon ways. Although Stephen has been wrapped up in this mostly terrestrial adventure, Bryan ventures into the sky world of BioShock Infinite to bring news that it’s a nifty game. Cameron has his doubts, thus finds his way to more meaningful and mature entertainment such as Bayonetta. You will also find Resident Evil 4 shopkeeper impressions in Episode 75, so come join the fun for even more fun-filled fun!

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: SimFunkadelic, originally from SimCity 2000 and remixed by Dr. Velvet and HALO_ZERO.

Random Encounters: Another Castle

This second installment of Random Encounters spins the eternal wheel of randomness and selects a game never before discussed on Disembodied Voices. Armed with the knowledge that they’re dealing with a Kickstarted platformer with randomly generated levels, Stephen and Bryan flounder (PUN– it’ll make sense later) around in an attempt to find say something coherent. Unfortunately, this only serves to confound them and possibly anger Jonathan Blow, so please listen in to give them moral support.

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Music: Precious Metals, originally from Pokemon Gold Version and remixed by Benjamin Briggs, Insert Rupee, and halc.

Episode 74: Duck Amuck

Why did Buzz Lightyear of Star Command receive 65 episodes? Are Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and possibly Daffy Duck related? Would Stephen now be a better human being if he hadn’t watched Power Rangers when he was a child? These are only a small sampling of head-scratching conundrums that Disembodied Voices serves up, and we haven’t even gotten to the video games yet. Yes, it’s true  that Cameron only makes a text-based cameo in this installment, but the rest of the DV Cast carry on the torch by talking about lots and lots of things. Zachary has so-so thoughts on Dead Space 3 (AKA Kill Place 3), but most of his energy is dedicated to spending unholy amounts of time with Persona 4. Stephen has dived into a full-blown LEGO craze, shuffling through random LEGO-themed CD-ROMs of his past whenever taking a break from LEGO City Undercover. Bryan is mostly just playing StarCraft, but he has a kind word for Natural Selection 2, even if that just means comparing it to StarCraft. Indeed, there is fun– a great bundle of fun– to be found here at Disembodied Voices Episode 74.

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Duck Blur, originally from DuckTales and remixed by Star Salzman.

Episode 73: Not Episode 72

You have come. You have come to the throes of destiny– YOUR destiny– and it is called Disembodied Voices. This podcast will reveal to you many things and many things will be revealed. Stephen demonstrates the language of Twi’leki as he speaks of the mystical and ancient game of pazaak; Bryan summons his inner Sun Tzu to wage a physical and spiritual war against the vile Zerg; Cameron draws upon a raindrop-filled well of wisdom to elaborate on the nature of personal ownership and its enlightenment; Zachary offer instruction on the art of outrunning the Komodo dragon itself. In other words, everyone talks about video games. Come, be not afraid, and listen to this podcast, good haly. (That’s Twi’leki for “visitor”.)

Opening song: Electrolytic Man, originally from Mega Man and remixed by MaJIN_SaN, ambient, and tomatsu.

Ending song: Last Dance of the Giants, originally from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and remixed by Kozlitek.

StarCraaaaaaaft!

From the deepest depths of the internet, within the farthest reaches of any known entity, there comes two men. Two men… who… aren’t really all that good at StarCraft II. But hey! They certainly like to talk about it! Cameron and Bryan have been playing ungodly amounts of StarCraft II and have loads to say about it as they discuss what could make the game better or worse and how they can improve on their tired and quickly failing build order! If you happen to like either Cameron or Bryan, or maybe you just like hearing about StarCraft II, this new Disembodied Voices mini episode entitled “StarCraaaaaaaft!” (that’s with seven As) will be right up your proverbial alley. Unless you don’t happen to have a proverbial alley. Then you might want to just leave. Not to force you either way, of course. These are all suggestions.