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Five years ago or so, I was having a lot of anxiety-related sleep issues and so I got into listening to podcasts while trying to fall asleep. The very first episode of the Bombcast I listened to was the one in which they talked about being mentioned in the New Yorker - with Ryan's enthusiasm for 'face and neck stabbing'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6pRYAv8_Ho

I've got a game I need identifying but I don't have much information to go on.

I was a cub scout in the mid-to-late 90s and one of my fellow scouts was pretty well-to-do. Had his own computer and everything. Occasionally I'd visit him and badger him to let me play on his computer. He had a bunch of interesting things on there - those After Dark screen savers, that old Deja Vu adventure game, and a really difficult top-down shooter where you played as a futuristic jet or helicopter or something.

The game I really want to track down was this side-scroller. My memories of it are really vague but I remember really having fun with it. It seemed like there were tons and tons of levels. I think it had a futuristic theme. There may have been a jet pack. The levels had a lot of verticality to them, with secrets and stuff way up high. I remember it being very colorful with a lot of items to collect. That's literally all I remember. I've tried googling around for PC platformers of the 90s but I haven't been able to find it. The closest thing I've found are the Commander Keen games, but I seem to recall my game looking sharper and being a lot busier in terms of level design.

I may have dreamed it all up.

Here's my Drew. Far from perfect, I know, but @drewberts aren't made. They're born.

Here's hoping they patch the commentary into the PC version.

I think Life is Strange is my GOTY, despite the fact that the fifth episode is by far my least favorite in the entire series. The first four episodes were just that good.

I sort of miss the Quick Looks of years past which tried a little harder to be more focused and informative about the actual game, but these days the Bombcast/Beastcast is probably the place to go if you want to hear what your favorite duders have to say about a particular title. I watch Quick Looks for two reasons - when I want more Giant Bomb outside of the podcasts and UPF, and when I want to very quickly see some gameplay footage of a game that I have no clue about

I first heard of TotalBiscuit back in 2005. He hosted a World of Warcraft podcast called "Blue Plz" that I listened to on a weekly basis. He had an aggressive passion for the game that I really liked. When he changed gears in 2011 from a WoW podcaster to a more general gaming YouTube personality, I realized he held a lot of opinions about important gaming issues that I disagreed with, and so I lost track of what he was up to. I'll always remember Blue Plz, though, for being a lot less buddy-buddy with Blizzard back in the day than other podcasts and fansites. He always presented his criticisms and gripes in an eloquent fashion, unlike the rage you can find to this day on the official forums, and he was funny.

Terminal cancer is a frightening phenomenon, and for what seems like the hundredth time, I'm so saddened to hear that it's going to claim someone that's had a tangible effect upon my life.

I really enjoy games about space exploration when I feel trapped inside my own mind. It helps to put things in a different perspective. Metroid Prime, FTL, Kerbal Space Program, and Mass Effect have been my main jams at times like these.

I also really like the Ace Attorney series. They're easy to play, they make you think, and they help you feel smart even on days when your feelings are being real dumb.

Remember when TIME was serious about our video games?

Man, it's like five expansions are colliding in this thing.

Time-traveling orc Gul'dan reawakens Illidan and brings the Burning Legion to ancient night elf islands that are inexplicably full of vry'kul from Northrend. Also, Dalaran is here.