In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by Sasha Reneau (of Spindlewheel fame), and given the task of making a game about pirates. On kaiju. And for some reason there’s singing, which is going to be a real challenge for the stream. And for some reason there’s ghosts and skeletons, which is just awesome.
In this episode, Alex and Lara are joined by the dulcet tones of voice actor and fantasy child parent Aaron Catano-Saez. Together the trio tackles the most important question of them all: what if racing had cool mechs? Wouldn’t that be awesome?
-The most important part of racing… is love.
-There is no sport that can’t be improved with the addition of giant robots.
-Anybody can be a giant robot pilot. Anybody.
In this episode, Alex and Lara attempt to be anti-colonialist while playing alien colonizers. We did our very best. A game about alien invaders has the potential to be devastatingly serious or ludicrously silly, and we picked the option which has the word “Earthling” in the title, in this game about celebrities saving the world.
Important Discoveries
- Fun Fact: Alien is a good movie.
-Skeksis are creepy little bird monsters.
-Tumbling block towers cannot be used over Zoom. YET.
Welcome to Episode 1 of Unplaytested! Alex and Lara start off with the challenge to make a game based on Naruto, which neither of us actually watch. We’ve seen commercials… there’s ninjas and headbands and a cool way to run. We’ve probably got it more or less right.
Important discoveries:
-How to pronounce “Naruto”
-How to be a cool ninja
-How to host a dang podcast