VinnyVania: Simon's Quest - Part 01

VinnyVania is quickly becoming my favorite feature on the site. I really hope Vinny keeps it up at least through Super Castlevania IV.

Also, Barkerville is amazing. I bet it's an awesome little werewolf town.

I think I'm in love with Vinny Caravella

John Drake was cracking me up so fucking hard.

Anybody know the Kickstarter link for Brad Shoemaker sings the metal classics? I will Kickstart the fuck outta that project. Barkerville y'all.

Yes! so glad I'm not the only one.

In the distance, a decrepit town looms menacingly. The sounds of werewolves howling can be heard echoing from the streets. From high on a cliff, the mage and his companions look on. "Barkerville," says one of them with fear. The mage turns around, a solemn expression on his face. "I'm a wizard, and that looks fucked up."

- Tales from Barkerville, 1987

Cannot unhear! Barkerville will be a part of me forever. Bar-ker-ville

Thankfully Nintendo dropped the policy of painfully slow text unveiling one word/character at a time with noises over the top shortly after this game.

What's that..? They're still doing it in 2014..?

Oh.

The compendium sounds like a cool PDF you can pay up to $50 for that will let you unlock cool prizes, such as loading screens, which are an actual prize apparently.

John Drake is a boob. I don't think the same people yelling to have the kinect taken out of the box are the ones complaining because they can't navigate with their voice anymore. That's a nonsensical conclusion for him to jump to.

The EXACT same thing happened to me as I was reading your comment.

I thought Bloody Tears would be ruined for me forever, but it's not. Barkerville has taken it to a whole new level.

Breaking news: John Drake spotted vacationing in Australia enjoying down under Diet Cokes.

I still wish they'd bring back the Pathfinder games, but this remains the 2nd best thing on the site at the moment.

What emulator is Vinco using to play this?? He should try RetroArch

The platform is there, you just don't see it without the crystal.

@mrmarkrobson said:

It's gorgeous...

@mrmarkrobson said:

Now I want a shirt with this.

@zgoon: Holy shit that is awesome. All of that guys stuff is awesome - that F-Zero re-creation of Mute City is fantastic.

Imagining Will Arnett singing it somehow makes it even better to me.

God Dammit, now I can't stop hearing Barkerville during Bloody Tears.

Vinny's impression of his son sounds like ARMA guy.

Vinny buy some Clubmasters.

He's also extremely fidgety - at any one time John Drake is pursing his lips, looking around, stretching his jaw, licking his lips..

The Diet Coke withdrawal is hard.

@palmlykta: Yes! Glad I wasn't crazy. :P I'm now beginning to question whether or not he did actually kill that girl! :O Is it all some mastermind ploy by Drake to lure out Batman? o_O :P

@humanity: Ahem! Diet Pepsi (...I think)! I can imagine a payment for Drake appearing anywhere is just a guaranteed supply of Diet Pepsi (...or Diet Coke). :P

Vinny > Arino

Not trying to take money out of John Drake's mouth at all, but I think the Kinect will end up being the same splash in the pan the Wii Remote was. Fads gonna fad.

Anyway, funny stream despite a little bit too much Harmonix plugging. Thanks guys.

That tweet that Drake mentioned is totally real lol:

https://twitter.com/worthplaying/status/463749440210092032

I think i like this John Drake, he's leaving Harmonix and joining Ginatbomb....right?

Man if Drake, Lang and Muir all quit their respective Jobs and became full time Giant Bomb employees, that would rejuvenate this site in untold ways of awesomeness the likes of which have never been seen before.

Vinny and his vampire-hunting skills remain impressive. John Drake continues to be a nice and mostly entertaining GB special guest, but I did get a little tired of all the shilling by the end. Still, I wish him all the best with the Kickstarter.

I don't think Vinny enjoys playing this game. I don't blame him.

@fobwashed said:

Also, this was fantastic.

Best reaction ever :D His jaw literally dropped.

@assinass said:

That tweet that Drake mentioned is totally real lol:

https://twitter.com/worthplaying/status/463749440210092032

Of COURSE it is. It's PRECISELY the kind of believably ignorant tripe some armchair expert on the internet would say.

Young Brad, thank you for bringing us the hilarious greatness that is Barkerville.

DO DO DO BAR-KER-VILLE!

Holy shit!!! 10 diet cokes a day!?!? Just do herion.

@mrmarkrobson said:

So tempted to change my Twitter icon to this.

Edit: gave in, thanks!

Great now I have that song in my head with lyrics! Cool stuff, Simon's Quest is so weird man, jeez.

The many sounds of Barkerville:

John Drake seems to be in a dark place right now... and he siphons all that darkness into humor. Greatest man alive.

@dudeglove: Record Run

Curse this show! All day long I have the Barkerville song in my head.

And yes, Drake has natural Joker lips. Creepy.

@psychopenguin said:

@fobwashed said:

Also, this was fantastic.

Best reaction ever :D His jaw literally dropped.

hahahahahahaha This is the best!

Drake is awesome

Dat night music is way better than the day music.

Does anyone know why this game and Adventure of Link look exactly the same?