Each episode, Alessandro Crolla shares his 30 years of gaming experience with gaming newcomer Jen Hughes by reviewing a classic game each episode. Come join in for a journey of fun games, weird trivia, Scottish accents and, if we have any time left in the episode, maybe some learning.
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Each episode, Alessandro Crolla shares his 30 years of gaming experience with gaming newcomer Jen Hughes by reviewing a classic game each episode. Come join in for a journey of fun games, weird trivia, Scottish accents and, if we have any time left in the episode, maybe some learning.
Come join us for our first double feature episode! We take the battle to the arcades to find out which classic fighting game is going to take home the title of Starter Quest Champion; between the Japanese legend Street Fighter II, and the American classic Mortal Kombat. Two games will enter, and only shall leave with the title of being better for our resident noob!
Episode theme 1 - Frets of Fury by vertexguy
Episode theme 2 - Mortal Konfrontation by The Dual Dragons
CONTENTS
(00:37) Introduction (05:19) Pre-playthrough interview(26:29) Rules of gameplay(27:43) Intermission to post-playthrough(33:03) History & design (50:17) Street Fighter II - The plot (ish)(52:30) The Fighters 1 - Chun-Li, Ryu, Ken, E. Honda(01:12:21) The Fighters 2 - Blanka, Zangief, Guile, Dhalsim(01:30:43) The 4 Heavenly Kings - Balrog, Vega, Sagat, M.Bison(01:47:51) Victory! Ending cutscenes(01:54:12) Jen's Street Fighter II tier list(01:57:13) Mortal Kombat - The plot(01:58:21) The Fighters 1 - Liu Kang, Raiden, Kano(02:08:57) The Fighters 2 - Johnny Cage, Sub Zero, Scorpion, Sonya(02:22:39) The Final Fights - Endurance run, Goro, Shang Tsung(02:33:08) Victory! Ending cutscenes, and the absence of Reptile(02:45:30) Jen's Mortal Kombat tier list(02:47:53) Aftermath, legacy, & Final analysis(03:01:43) Write-in stories(03:05:26) Conclusion - The 3 Jens (plus a bonus Jen)
Starter Quest
Each episode, Alessandro Crolla shares his 30 years of gaming experience with gaming newcomer Jen Hughes by reviewing a classic game each episode. Come join in for a journey of fun games, weird trivia, Scottish accents and, if we have any time left in the episode, maybe some learning.
