Video is back up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toa_vH6xGqs
And a vimeo mirror just in case
https://vimeo.com/67167995
Spoiler warning
Overall a lot more even than the first episode. She does a good job reinforcing that enjoying games that follow these examples doesn't suddenly make you a bad person, which is important to downplay the kneejerk reactions people have, and she did an interesting job addressing criticisms made in the episode before. She doesn't get bogged down by one example or the other, and didn't really dig into games that are particularly egregious about the subject at hand (I thought she would spend a full 10 minutes on Shadows of the Damned). It's a lot of examples made with a level headed argument made at the end. It's not bad.
I wish she would stop wearing those hoop earrings though, they're distracting.
And I laughed at the Bionic Commando part, because yeah, that ending is dumb as all hell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toa_vH6xGqs
And a vimeo mirror just in case
https://vimeo.com/67167995
Spoiler warning
Spoilers from:
· Bionic Commando (2009)
· Borderlands 2 (2012)
· Breath of Fire IV (2000)
· Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (2007)
· Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003)
· Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010)
· Dante's Inferno (2010)
· Dishonored (2012)
· The Darkness II (2012)
· Dead Space (2008)
· Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs The Soulless Army (2006)
· Double Dragon Neon (2012)
· Gears of War 2 (2008)
· God of War: Ghost of Sparta (2010)
· The Godfather: The Game (2006)
· Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
· Hotline Miami (2012)
· Ico (2001)
· Infamous (2009)
· Inversion (2012)
· Kane & Lunch: Dead Men (2007)
· The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006)
· MediEvil 2 (2000)
· Ninja Gaiden 3 (2010)
· Pandora's Tower (2011)
· Prey (2006)
· Resident Evil 5 (2009)
· Shadows of the Damned (2011)
· Tenchu: Shadow Assassins (2009)
Overall a lot more even than the first episode. She does a good job reinforcing that enjoying games that follow these examples doesn't suddenly make you a bad person, which is important to downplay the kneejerk reactions people have, and she did an interesting job addressing criticisms made in the episode before. She doesn't get bogged down by one example or the other, and didn't really dig into games that are particularly egregious about the subject at hand (I thought she would spend a full 10 minutes on Shadows of the Damned). It's a lot of examples made with a level headed argument made at the end. It's not bad.
I wish she would stop wearing those hoop earrings though, they're distracting.
And I laughed at the Bionic Commando part, because yeah, that ending is dumb as all hell.