Early Throne Special - Torin's Passage - Session 3

Torin is in his darkest hour, stuck on the innermost shell of the world, Boogle kidnapped, all but directionless. What could yet await our hero?

Torin's Passage continues today at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Torin's Passage - Session 2

Well, both my mice have developed some jank...if I can't figure out what's wrong with them, they may be a bit frustrating for a mousing novice like Marian. But failing that, she can still advise on the puzzles!

Torin's Passage continues today at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Torin's Passage

I cannot hear you! I'm asleep.

A magical assassination is attempted on the royal family; thanks to a nursemaid, the baby prince survives, spirited away, not even himself aware of his true identity. Years later, his mundane life is again interrupted by magical malfeasance, and despite being fairly directionless, is determined to get to the bottom of things.

This game was a favorite of my childhood. Those familiar with Sierra's games may recognize it as an incremental advancement over King's Quest VII, and while its appearance has certainly aged, it was high quality art for its time. There's also a couple of Sailor Moon easter eggs hidden near the end.

And, excitingly, Marian will be attempting to play! This will be her first point-and-click adventure title. Here's hoping she's up to the task!

Torin's Passage begins today at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Secret of Mana - Session 3

I overslept! Time for a last-minute blog post. Previously, we were failing to beat the boss in the ruined Sprite Village...Spring Beak? I think that's its name.

Secret of Mana continues in a few minutes, just as soon as everyone's here and everything is set up!

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Early Throne Special - Secret of Mana - Session 2

We assembled the party and reached Elinee's castle, driven there by multiple motivations. We freed the soldiers she'd imprisoned, but it's not quite safe for them to depart yet. We must confront the witch.

Secret of Mana continues at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Secret of Mana

Using the power of Mana, a civilization had grown strong. In time, Mana was used to create the ultimate weapon: the Mana Fortress. This angered the gods. They sent their beasts to destroy the Fortress. A violent war rocked the world, and Mana seemed to disappear.

Before all was lost, a hero with the Mana Sword smashed the Fortress. Though the civilization had been destroyed, the world was peaceful again.

But time flows like a river...and history repeats...

Can you believe that Brendan has never played this classic?? We're all very excited to remedy that.

Join us today at 3pm ET as we begin Secret of Mana!

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Early Throne Special - Untitled Goose Game

HONK.

There's not really a lot to say about this game. You're a goose with a mission to annoy the crap out of everybody, and I've been looking forward to it for such a long time.

Join us at 3pm ET as we begin Clandestine Duck Approach Untitled Goose Game!

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Early Throne Special - Iunno, somethin'?

What we're playing is unconfirmed (maybe Secret World Legends, maybe FTL, maybe something else entirely), but we are playing! Join us in 10 minutes (3pm ET) and find out!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 8

We have cohosts, but we lack Daniel today, so rather than finish Costume Quest 2 without him, we're gonna pick this back up this week. I think we were exploring London for the hell of it last time. Maybe we continue that, maybe we return to Solomon Island, maybe we hop over to Seoul...we'll see!

Join us at 3pm ET as we return to Secret World Legends!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 7

Hellmouth in a motel, huh? Fiery, freestanding door inside room 13? I'm sure nothing bad could happen if I opened it, I mean, it's in the middle of the room, it'd just be the other side of the door...

Secret World Legends continues at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 6

We investigated the Polaris, and found some big creepies in there. Not much remains to be discovered in Kingsmouth for now, but there's more to Solomon Island than the town center.

Secret World Legends continues at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 5

We met the skater kid and the junkyard proprietor, and found our way to the airport, where Orochi seems to have set up operations. And we've barely even begun to pull back the veil on Solomon Island...

Secret World Legends continues in just a few minutes!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 4

There's something fishy going on here...

Secret World Legends continues at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Secret World Legends - Session 3

Norma's handling herself fine, and she even provided a clue for dealing with another one of the many types of undead tearing Solomon Island apart. Still not sure why this necrotic convergence is happening, though...

Secret World Legends continues at 3pm ET!

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Secret World Legends - Session...let's call it 2

A couple months ago, as a last-minute decision when we didn't have Daniel, rather than continuing Parasite Eve, we took Secret World Legends for a spin—I loved the original, and I wanted to see what this relaunch had done. I was impressed with the changes, but pleased with how much remained the same, and Brendan and Mabry were surprised by the quality of story and writing, especially for being an MMO.

So today, we rejoin our, uh, hero Nathan Noma (aka Apheidas), newly minted agent of the Illuminati, just arrived in Kingsmouth on Solomon Island. The mysteries continue at 3pm ET...

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Early Throne Special - Parasite Eve - Session 8

Last time led to some misfortune in the form of a boss battle that we couldn't beat. So there was grinding. And this game's encounter rate made that preeeetty bogus. Hopefully, I've derped sufficiently off-camera to make this happen. If not, we've got a long day ahead of us.

Join us at 3pm ET as we continue Parasite Eve!

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Early Throne Special - Parasite Eve - Session 7

No time for a recap, I'm running late!

Parasite Eve continues in...minutes!

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Early Throne Special - Remission

We don't have Daniel this weekend, so I'd rather not progress through games without him. As such, we won't be playing Parasite Eve today. What will we be playing instead?

Aaaaiiiunno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But join us at 3pm ET anyway!

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Early Throne Special - Parasite Eve - Session 6

CRAB BATTLE!

Parasite Eve continues at 3pm ET!

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Early Throne Special - Parasite Eve - Session 5

Okay, shoot, what all happened last time...

Eve blew up the hospital after inseminating herself. We kinda died a lot in the process. We also died a lot trying to get out of a warehouse that was too difficult for us. I think dying took up most of the show, in fact.

Join us at 3pm ET as we continue Parasite Eve, and hopefully we won't die so much this time!

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