Episode 15: I'll Kill the Last Alien

Official description
Kaz Hirai says you'll truly appreciate the complexity of this podcast in about nine and a half years. What's that? Gonna cry? Nick Breckon says you're a baby who likes baby games. And a cheat, too, I bet.

Games Discussed
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II (Beta), StarCraft II, Mirror's Edge, Bit.Trip Beat, Crysis: Warhead, Assassin's Creed

YouTube Timestamps

 * 00:45 — Intro - The old crew back together
 * 01:34 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Basically a scheme to sell copies of Soulstorm
 * 03:03 — Backlogs - Potentially the inspiration for a horrible blues song
 * 04:14 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Team Noob
 * 04:47 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Robot voices and "resources"
 * 06:04 — Halo 3 - Computer love
 * 06:54 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Tin-can robots throwing space marines
 * 07:42 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Expectations
 * 09:12 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Base building
 * 09:54 — StarCraft - Ideal build orders and wrote strategies
 * 15:19 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - Matchmaking and profiles
 * 16:27 — Warhammer 4000: Dawn of War II - A gratifying experience
 * 17:14 — StarCraft II - Split into three parts, really Blizzard?
 * 18:13 — RTS and Other Genres - Balancing accessibility and depth
 * 23:04 — Empire: Total War - Sequel to the TV series "Rome"
 * 24:08 — Kazuo Hirai - The PS3 is hard to program for, so do the math
 * 28:31 — Sony - Hubris and humility
 * 29:14 — Sony - Developer friendliness
 * 31:19 — PlayStation 3 - Graphical fidelity
 * 33:38 — PlayStation 3 - Countdown to quality
 * 34:37 — PlayStation 3 - The ten-year console cycle
 * 36:00 — BIT.TRIP BEAT - A Pong game that is also a music game
 * 37:44 — Break - Tapezilla
 * 39:00 — Mirror's Edge - Graphics and art direction
 * 40:08 — Chris Sounds Like an Idiot - When speaking. And only sometimes.
 * 41:40 — Influences - The better developers seem to have them
 * 44:51 — Crysis - YouTube barrel videos
 * 45:20 — Mirror's Edge - An awesome game wrapped in a shitty game
 * 46:34 — Mirror's Edge - Tactile platforming
 * 48:04 — Mirror's Edge - Unavoidable combat
 * 49:44 — Mirror's Edge - Minimalist DLC
 * 51:20 — Mirror's Edge - Expectation of shooting in a first-person game
 * 53:54 — Mirror's Edge - Parallels with Half Life 2
 * 54:44 — Mirror's Edge - Cutscenes
 * 55:13 — Mirror's Edge - Plot and story in video games
 * 1:00:43 — Assassin's Creed - Almost at the last guy, maybe
 * 1:01:51 — Crysis Warhead - Also like a comb
 * 1:03:09 — Crysis Warhead - The Aliens are back
 * 1:04:08 — Bill Nye - Nye? Nye!? NYYYYYYEEEEEE!!!! The Science Guy
 * 1:05:27 — Crysis Warhead - Kill the last alien (who falls on your head)
 * 1:08:16 — Crysis - Become the Predator
 * 1:08:55 — Where's the Game!?! - It's just a tech demo!
 * 1:09:47 — Cooking Mama - Presented by Ensemble Studio
 * 1:10:46 — Crysis - Nick's dumb, stupid opinion
 * 1:12:55 — Reader Mail - Jobs - What the crew does to make money
 * 1:17:45 — Reader Mail - Stardock - Or Starforce. Or Starduck. Or Stardog.
 * 1:19:16 — Reader Mail - Assassin's Creed - Reader Rebuttals
 * 1:25:55 — Plain Sight - There's a beta
 * 1:26:31 — Outro - Tapezilla