Episode 18: Citizen Killzone

Official description
Following modern trends, this episode eschews its core gameplay for a series of scattered but crowd-pleasing showpieces. Hop in a Big Stompin' Mech with F.E.A.R. 2, use a mandatory turret to defend your favorite FPS titles, and perform an overly-animated finishing move on "opinions."

Games Discussed
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Watchmen: The End is Nigh, Quake Live, Left 4 Dead, Killzone 2

Memorable quotes






YouTube Timestamps

 * 00:30 — Intro - Jake is sassy


 * 00:59 — Dante's Inferno - Deadspace meets God of War in hell!


 * 03:43 — Mad Libs - A template for game design


 * 04:04 — Dante's Inferno - Inverted crosses spewing lava


 * 06:46 — Burger King - Flame burgers and Sneak Kings


 * 06:46 — Dante's Inferno - An odd choice for source material


 * 07:54 — Dante's Inferno - Featuring Dante Fenix, or Dante Steel or something


 * 08:35 — Dead Space - A game on a space ship with some aliens and ghosts or whatever


 * 09:13 — Dante's Inferno - In the public domain, so another developer should get on that


 * 10:28 — Dante's Inferno - The first in EA's classic literature series


 * 10:53 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Critical response


 * 12:04 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Environment design, combat, and AI


 * 13:48 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Difficulty levels and health system


 * 16:50 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Mechs


 * 19:20 — Mass Effect - Running over guys in your moon buggy


 * 20:22 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Combat variety


 * 21:56 — F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Horror sequences


 * 22:46 — Turrets - And other set-pieces


 * 31:03 — Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - AC-130 Gunship level


 * 33:17 — Half Life - Scripting with a light touch


 * 39:16 — Killzone 2 - The PSXExtreme.com editorial and irrational fan response


 * 45:17 — Imagine ______ - Three rows of the DS wall at GameStop


 * 46:32 — Citizen Killzone (song)


 * 49:31 — DLC - From Burnout Paradise to Left 4 Dead


 * 51:06 — A New AvP Game - Made by Rebellion


 * 52:19 — Sega- Not in great shape


 * 53:50 — Activision - In better shape than they should be


 * 54:35 — Wanted: Weapons of Fate - Curving some bullets


 * 59:36 — Watchmen: The End is Nigh - A beat-em-up based on a pen and paper RPG somehow


 * 1:05:23 — Quake Live - Faithful to the old game in that you're killed all the time


 * 1:07:17 — Unreal Tournament - Or at least the demo


 * 1:08:45 — Quake Live - People who turn down every graphical setting


 * 1:10:40 — Quake vs. UT - John Carmack and Tim Sweeney arguing on your shoulders


 * 1:12:14 — Killzone 2 - The duel-weilding Citizen Kane of games


 * 1:13:46 — Reader Mail - Speaking of poop


 * 1:14:17 — Reader Mail - Guilty Pleasures - Featuring smooshy head shots


 * 1:18:17 — Reader Mail - Email Blasts - Like something throwing a ShamWow at your face


 * 1:19:22 — Reader Mail - Six-String Samurai - The main character is like Travis Touchdown apparently


 * 1:20:07 — Reader Mail - Game Length - Its effect on critical reception


 * 1:24:38 — Contests - Winners will actually receive their prizes


 * 1:25:12— Outro - Turrets