Em and I have jettisoned Roger Wilco after 5 games of frustration with minimal payoff. Committing to our goal of only playing good adventure games, we kick it off with the king of 90s FMV titles -- Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within.
It's ti...
2023-05-22 04:32:05 +0000 UTC View Post
For some reason it looks like last week's episode didn't post, so if you missed it, catch up here: https://youtu.be/1uIUx3uNJCM
This week we had some unexpected technical d...
2023-05-20 19:18:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Em and I tried to play the Space Quest VI demo...
And then an earth-shattering proclamation from Em sets us on a new, better course.
It's time to move on. Lothric has overstayed its welcome and we've got Lords of Cinder to deliver to flame, so in this episode Derby, Trevor, and I tie up the last loose ends and make our way through. We make a friends, kill a boss, and Derby reme...
2023-05-05 11:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post
On the latest episode of Let's Play Space Quest with Dia & Em, we finish Space Quest V, discuss how Roger isn't a Guybrush, and set our sights on the next episode and the Space Quest VI Demo!
2023-05-01 06:00:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Derby Day is here again!
This episode starts out with us in full tilt as we take out frustrations about the digital media landscape and the horrible wealth horders who pull the strings, then we explore deeper into the High Wall of Loth...
2023-04-28 14:17:34 +0000 UTC View Post
On Sunday, OBS apparently decided it wanted to record Em's audio to no less than 6 tracks and not a single track of my audio, so it's a very special mid-week payload of everyone's favorite space janitor!
This is a pretty fun episode where we...
2023-04-27 04:24:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Trevor, Derby, and I are back with the second episode of our Dark Souls 3 LP and this time we poke more at the layers of Firelink Shrine before zipping off to a half-remembered Lothric to discuss medieval public works acts and al fresco royalty, a...
2023-04-21 19:27:55 +0000 UTC View Post
The gang's back!
Derby Day returns as our intrepid daughter rises into a world of ash and ember, of ringing bells, and black cloaked cultists. She meets a tremendous crystal lizard and rocks its world, and then is judged to be lacking repea...
This week we encounter no technical issues, we defeat a nightmare robot woman, play a near perfect game of Battleship, and Cliffy gets inexplicably hot.
2023-04-10 15:45:47 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, Em and I recorded the first episode of our Space Quest V: The Next Mutation LP -- for a second time.
It's every bit as wild (with new gameplay, new deaths, and new revelations) as our first time through, but without the solid fort...
2023-04-03 18:07:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, just a quick note to let you all know I got to be a guest on Aaron King and Max Lander's RTFM, a TTRPG book club podcast.We had a great time talking about the crucial nature of vibes in roleplaying modules and rulebooks as we dove de...
2023-03-15 02:38:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Em and I start Space Quest IV. It's a leap into the VGA era, with all the technical and gameplay issues that originally came along with games from the early 90s. We try our best to roll with the punches without becoming too punchy oursel...
2023-02-20 19:45:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We say goodbye to The Throne of the Old Iron King this week, finishing up the 2nd of Dark Souls 2's DLC trilogy. And do we ever go out in spectacular fashion!
Come join me and Trev...
2023-02-03 14:08:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to get back to Tex Murphy, and this time we're on the trail of an adulterous husband...
How does this relate to our actual case? Well this is Noir baby, it always unravels in the end...
2023-01-24 07:34:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We continue our unhinged postgame run by reorienting Derby's build, and reorienting Derby back onto the critical path through the Crown of the Old Iron King DLC.
Come join us for the many thrills, chills, and spills in this episode tha...
2023-01-13 14:58:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This week Em and I start Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon.
This really was the first big game for me, the one that started it all. It's fun to see what I remember, when I remember split seconds before it happens, and things tha...
2023-01-09 19:14:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a boss run episode. You know one of those ones where we throw ourselves upon the merciless wheel and talk about everything from game design to profound personal experiences. This one is no different. Except I think we definitely can say that ...
2023-01-07 00:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy new year!
Let's finish Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge!
After admiring Guan Yu in a clearing, we're ready for more Star Wars references and obtuse puzzle solutions (and even a very brief stealth sequence) as we guide R...
Em and I begin Space Quest 2! There's terrible mazes, obtuse puzzles, and it's everything that's terrible about adventure games of this era. The graphics are better, there's more sound, it's a whole uncharted adventure full of sci-fi media r...
2022-12-19 04:46:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Fresh off of last week's multi-boss-killing rampage conclusion to the first DLC, Trevor and I go off to find the Crown of the Old Iron King and face a hellscape in a kingdom of ash!
We get big rowdy in this one.
Three Bosses. Three deaths.
One epic DLC conclusion. Let's go!
In Episode 2 of our Space Quest Let's Play, I take Em on a tour of Legally Distinct Mos Eisley. We go gambling, discuss the politics of droids, and then cheat our asses off because the slots mini game SUCKS.
Here's the Fun facts...
It's big YOLO hours as we return to Shulva - Sanctum City! We cross the 300 death threshold! We fight some giant toothy not-quite-dragons. There are flower ladies! I forget my mythology and my monstrous compendium and incorrectly call something "l...
2022-12-02 19:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Kicking off a brand new LP series with Em from Abnormal Mapping!
They've never played a Sierra game outside of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers and I haven't played a Space Quest game in nearly 30 years. So that's what we're doing!
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We're back! After an extended absence, Trevor and I return to the land of Drangleic to tackle the first of the DLC Trilogy!
There's a pyramid underneath Drangleic.
Let's explore!
It's time to embark on a new journey with a new protagonist!
He's not smooth with the ladies and he's more likely to call the cops than throw them off a cliff...
Introducing VESPER HESPERIDES, the Worst Man in Cyrodill!
Come j...
At long last, Derby comes to the conclusion of the journey started 35 episodes ago.
It's a big episode full of repeated trials, big discussions, and friends both old and new. It's an ending of a sort.
But with every ending there'...
2022-10-21 14:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Derby Day!
This week, Trevor and I take Derby to go get a bonus Giant Soul to make up for the one we ate long ago. We fight a dragon. We fight a king. We fight some pigs. We win two of those battles. And then we talk shit about Wordswor...
2022-10-14 16:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode truly has it all, dragons, kings, skeletons and a staggeringly cataclysmic number of deaths. Also, we go off about adaptation, lore, Arthuriana, and remix culture. Damn. This episode is nearly 2.5 hours long and it slaps! Enjoy!
2022-09-30 18:27:24 +0000 UTC View Post