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Nine Patricks, Nine Beers, One Spoilercast

Patrick spends an hour answering questions and generally talking nonsense about the surreal DS visual novel 999.

Dec. 23 2012

Posted by: Patrick

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Edited By MeatSim

Haven't played this game but I will take some new content.

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Whadya think the odds are of 999 coming to Vita eventually? Less than 0%? Then it's either get a DS or just watch this anyway.

The latter is becoming increasingly more attractive.

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Nice, really looking forward to this. Thanks Scoops.

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One man spolier cast! WOOT

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Edited By Zekhariah

Cool coverage.

And as an aside, it looks like you are keeping the thermostat rather low. :D

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Ok now I'm really interested in this game

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So i take it i should play this game.

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Edited By Fiscaldeal

Thank you Patrick. I really appreciate that you took it upon yourself to talk about a game that deserves discussion.

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Edited By SatelliteOfLove

And so the Bombcrew Effect was underway (watch 999/VLR's sales rise)!

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Was looking forward to this. Thanks Patrick.

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Thanks for doing this Patrick!

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herman cain was working on an entire different level how could we be so blind 9 9 9

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This is very cool. Now I must actually play my copy of 999 so I can watch this.

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Awesome vid trickkkk

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Here's hoping to nine beers truly being consumed in an hour.

Please don't die Patrick. I still love you even if I don't agree with you all the time.

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This talk kinda reminds me of Ghost Trick's ending.

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Everyone has a reason to have info dumps about weird science, even Lotus (being the mother of two girls that played the Nonary Game).

Also, Is perfectly possible to get the True Ending without a walktrough, just follow a narrative logic ( console Clover ... ) or use the clues that the previews give you (like the doors you need to got through to get the necessary endings)

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I tried to play 999 a couple times but my DS playing is what I do before bed and the amount of reading in it would put me to sleep.

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Actually, the game hints at how to get the true ending.

Whenever you finish the game and get a bad end, a video plays, kind of like teaser trailer or a sizzle reel. But if you actually pay attention, it's actually telling the player how to get to the true end. You'll notice that doors are flashed in sequence of three which shows the which doors to take in sequence to get one of the two necessary ends. It also flashes an image of the clover bookmark, indicating that it should be taken when prompted. I can't quite find a video of it though, most playthroughs cut at the "Bad End" screen.
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Sudoku is awesome Patrick

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I guess I should play 999 then

Will I? Mmmmm maybe.

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Patrick, Sudoku is really easy. Each row, column, and 3x3 box has to contain the number 1 through 9 with no repeats. There. Explained in one sentence. It's actually a really fun type of puzzle.

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Great stuff as usual Patrick!!

Thanks for everything you've done for us this year, looking forward to the next, especially more Spookin' with Scoops.

Have a fantastic X-mas and a wonderful New Years eve, looking forward to your glorious return in 2013 ^_^

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@cooljammer00 said:

I wonder if his Mom is like "PATRICK WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE"

I'M WORKING MOM

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patrick you may say some words weirdly incorrectly (I've never heard someone say coerce like that before), but you are fuckin rad <3

Also Ever17, which is part of that series someone mentioned, has a similar style of ending (this is only part of the infinity loop go get more you fucker or something). never completed it, though

Also Analogue is way way way shorter than 999, It took me like, less than 8 hours to finish that game (got all 5 endings, though you will appreciate that 5th ending for someone who likes the ending of 999)

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I wonder if his Mom is like "PATRICK WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE"

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Edited By Trilogy

I haven't played the game. But...im going to watch this anyway! Thanks for throw down some content during break, Tricky.

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I recently ordered 3 copies of 999, one for me, two as christmas presents for friends, which would not have happened if you hadn't endorsed it on the Bombcast. Thanks Patrick, and merry christmas.

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@MordeaniisChaos said:

Is it Halloween? Is Patrick dressing up as his dad? Did this need to be a video?

Did this need to be a post? Shush.

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The sudoku part was simultaneously horrible (fuck sudokus), but absolutely perfect (sudoku epitome of nine-related puzzles).

Also, I peed my pants (metaphorically?) when I saw we were in the desert. It seemed so clear that we were on the ocean given all the wateriness...

I hope that when you finish VLR, you can also do a spoilercast for that too. I'm frantically trying to finish the game before the end of the year so I can put it somewhere near the top of my GOTY list.

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Always nice to get some one on one time with Scoops.

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@Terrorbite: It's the shadow of the mic. I noticed the same thing :D

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@MordeaniisChaos said:

Is it Halloween? Is Patrick dressing up as his dad? Did this need to be a video?

We don't have a way to post one-off audio files right now. In the new site...

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@MordeaniisChaos said:

Is it Halloween? Is Patrick dressing up as his dad? Did this need to be a video?

Does Jar Time need to be a video?

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Is it Halloween? Is Patrick dressing up as his dad? Did this need to be a video?

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Awesome, I'm about halfway through VLR and really loving it.

My experiences with the two games have pretty much changed my opinion of visual novels.

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Awesome. I dont mind this independent content.

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they did explain why lotus was in the second nonary game

her twins were kidnapped and were in the first game

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I would be surprised if it was true but does anyone else think that Paddy looks like he has a lip packed in this video?

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@afterland said:

Starved for content. Thanks Patrick!

Nom Nom Nom

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@Darthozzan said:

Some new content is always neat :} Thanks for doing this on your own time patrick!

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Hah, just finished up the true ending earlier today. Good timing.

Best part of the game is dramatic upside down Sudoku. I knew my obsessive Sudoku playing would pay off one day.

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Do Patrick's parent's know he's using the internet? Isn't he a little young.

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Bathrobe Patrick

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Maybe it's because it's been a while since I've played 999, but I didn't feel like the puzzles in VLR were all that much better than the 999 puzzles. I might feel differently if I went back and played it, though, haha.

EDIT: I did appreciate the ability to skip around in VLR, though I think it takes some of the tension away. I will say, though, that I wasted at least one playthrough (that I remember) gunning for a different ending and ended up getting one I'd unlocked before. :(

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What's this?

OHGOD PATRICK FACE IN MY FACE

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No interest in this one, but I hope a video of this style gets to become a main stay video feature on the site. It could be really neat to see them do it for a game that I care about. I get that because the guys are busy they can't all play the same game, but even if one or two of them feel really strongly about it they could do something like this.

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@monkeystick said:

NEIN NEIN NEIN

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Starved for content. Thanks Patrick!