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Velvet Sundown Live!

I have no idea what this game is or what I should be doing... but I love it.

Jul. 23 2014

Cast: Vinny

Posted by: Vinny

In This Episode:

Velvet Sundown

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@hubrisranger: Is that why Vinny was constantly finishing half a sentence and starting a new one? Hmm..

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So very sad to see that the Text-To-Speech feature has been removed from the game right now.

Without it, it's just a terrible chat room. Hope they put it back in ASAP!

I would agree, if the text-to-speech tech wasn't making half of my sentences not appear.

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So very sad to see that the Text-To-Speech feature has been removed from the game right now.

Without it, it's just a terrible chat room. Hope they put it back in ASAP!

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I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like... pudding... in... the sun.

Thank you, holy shit almost as good as this video.

GBEAST cannot be stopped, hammered to the wall.

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This seems like it would be a really neat and fun game if everybody on the server was actually taking it serious; which with random internet strangers is almost guaranteed to never happen.

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When are you getting computer gear that isn't from 2000 Vin?

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This should be a once-a-week thing.

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This is literally a multiplayer Tommy Wiseau simulator. I love it!

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@xymox said:

This is just great. Are the missions you get randomized or do all the characters have the same thing? Like is Alex always the guy who finds the data and wakes up with a thong?

Yes and no. Alex always needs to find who's missing their thong, but who is missing their thong changes. And the Data is basically discovered by a different person each time.

The way the game is structured is that you have people who are spies for the two oil companies who are trying to identify each other and also located the Data so they can sabotage the other company. But there are some that are simply free agents; they typically will find the data, and then work to extort as much of a benefit as they can before the time limit runs out.

Each character has their own story objective as well; Alex has to find whoever is missing their thong, Malik must bless and meditate with people, Cooper is collecting signatures for his petition, etc. Those are always the same (though elements change; the person who is missing their panties changes, and that can be an additional objective for them).
The other X-factor is items. Who starts with what can be totally randomized. For example, one great item to have is the tazer, as it allows you to shock someone and steal important items from them. Especially if you're a spy, and know who has the Data, the tazer can be very useful. The downside is you have to be in a conversation with someone, either individually or as part of a group, to taze them. So if people know you have the Tazer, and they have an item they're guarding, they will deny conversations.

In short, this is the greatest game ever made.

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Boom sha boom boom sha!

Vinny can really get into the roles he's given.

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This is episode two of Vinny's Word Games. Where Vinny examines video games that use language as a primary means of gameplay.

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In her defense, that money was, "$ $ $ $ $ $ FUCK".

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What the fuck is going on?!

ecks dee

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Premium Vinny

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I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like... pudding... in... the sun.

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Omg, kickstarter to get these guys a solid $1000 pc, this is painful lol.

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"...like a hamster in his cage with no way to check the news or have deep relationships. This is what I see in you, Mr. Boyle."

Jesus christ, Vinny. I love you.

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you could tell everyone Vinny was talking to was like 16.

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@hansolol said:

There's nothing more sad than buying a game and installing it just to get your username on a live stream.

Sure there is: Judging people for something they didn't even do. The game's free.

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We should just lock Vinny in a dark room with a shitty laptop and pay him all the money for our entertainment.

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Vinny... the best as always.

The first game played with the new PC should be SPINTIRES!

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I am still not entirely sure what I just spent the last 90 minutes watching. Would've loved to have seen this live.

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Is this game what purgatory is?

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I really want to see a video of 1 round of this game where every character is a member of the GB staff. No microphones, no additional cameras, and no sense of who is playing which character. Just the raw capture footage.

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Vinny you are one disturbed motherfucker.

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This was amazing.. xD

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Leave it to Vinny to find all the games that are amazing. That text to voice recognition is a total mind fuck. What really made this video great is Mr. Caravella's role-playing abilities being put to the test. I was thoroughly impressed and wildly entertained. It makes a lot of sense how he took so naturally to the Pathfinder feature. Damn, we're never getting that again. :( V-Bomb meditate now...

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I watched this for 100 minutes and I could watch it for a hundred more.

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Oh man Vinny.... just oh man Vinny....

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That majestic music. . .

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Vinny is gdlk roleplayer. Some of the lines he drops here are AMAZING.

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There's nothing more sad than buying a game and installing it just to get your username on a live stream.

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This game is so euphoric.

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Anger is a tool of the dark. I feel only joy.

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I leave for lunch in three minutes...I can't get home fast enough to try this.

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@xymox said:

This is just great. Are the missions you get randomized or do all the characters have the same thing? Like is Alex always the guy who finds the data and wakes up with a thong?

It's randomized for the most part. Either you're one of the spies from the competing oil companies, the data seller, a thief looking to steal and re-sell the data, or just sometimes a random dude on the boat with no serious objective. Though I think each has their own missions unique to the character. Usually Alex has the thong, Dunlop has the orphan, and Mary has to collect the passports. I played a Mary once where she had to collect all the passports of the other players while also being a spy for one of the corporations. Then another game where she wasn't a spy and just had to collect the red thong. It is pretty different each time you play it even with multiple characters.

That sounds super cool, think I'm gonna have to check this out. Thanks

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@xymox said:

This is just great. Are the missions you get randomized or do all the characters have the same thing? Like is Alex always the guy who finds the data and wakes up with a thong?

It's randomized for the most part. Either you're one of the spies from the competing oil companies, the data seller, a thief looking to steal and re-sell the data, or just sometimes a random dude on the boat with no serious objective. Though I think each has their own missions unique to the character. Usually Alex has the thong, Dunlop has the orphan, and Mary has to collect the passports. I played a Mary once where she had to collect all the passports of the other players while also being a spy for one of the corporations. Then another game where she wasn't a spy and just had to collect the red thong. It is pretty different each time you play it even with multiple characters.

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$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ FUCK

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This is just great. Are the missions you get randomized or do all the characters have the same thing? Like is Alex always the guy who finds the data and wakes up with a thong?

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wat

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Bot Colony, Velvet Sundown... what will complete the trifecta? I hope it's just as weird as those games!

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This is some premium goddamn content!

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Man it'd be sweet if they could set up a session with GB west

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Fuck, Shauna is down for anything.

And I'm pretty sure Vinny's a cult leader.

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I'm really glad I sent this to Vinny on twitter - this stream was great.

You're doing god's work son.

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A relationship built on lies is like pudding in the sun. Sticky and tough to eat.

Glorious.

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This is the best video since Euro Truck Simulator 2 last year! Thank you, Vin-Diggy!

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Just played two games. One where I was Alex, which was just amazing. Everyone played along and it was real goofy. In the second one though two people were afk, and one person was just typing in all caps and being dumb. I feel like I just saw both sides of the spectrum with this game.

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A-Bomb and Coopaloop OTP

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@cornbredx said:

@bonorbitz said:

I don't know what's weirder: this game or the fact that Cooper's player name was Zap Rowsdower, a character from a terrible Canadian film called The Final Sacrifice that I saw for the first time when I watched an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" yesterday on Netflix. What are the odds I'd happen to stumble on this obscure character name two days in a row?

It's not that weird. That's one of the most popular MST3K episodes next to Manos so tons of people online use it in one way or another. You'll probably start noticing it more often now that you're in on what it's from. =)

@bonorbitz: Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.

Fascinating. I didn't know either of those things... Don't get me wrong, I wasn't thinking it's some supernatural something or other, it's just so damn coincidental to me that I've never caught that episode (and I've watched the show since the early 90s) until two days ago when I stayed home from work because I was sick. The next day, that uncommon name pops up again in Vinny's video and my mind is blown.