<p>Hosts: <a href="http://www.chocolatehammer.org/">Rutskarn</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_bean">Josh</a>, <a href="http://www.errantsignal.com/blog/">Chris</a>, and <a href="http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale">Shamus</a>.</p>
<p>Show notes:</p>
<p><span id="more-21987"></span><strong>01:00 Shamus got over his Skyrim problem and made screensaver.</strong></p>
<p>For the record, the mods I was using are <a href="http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/26228/?">Realistic Needs & Diseases</a>, <a href="http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/11163/?">Frostfall</a>, and <a href="http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/25404/?">Random Alternate Start</a>, along with about 40 others.</p>
<p>I already talked about the screensaver <a href="?p=21977" title="Passage Screensaver">earlier this week</a>.</p>
<p><strong>13:00 The Elder Scrolls Online</strong></p>
<p>Here is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZUynhkal1I" title="TUN: The Elder Scrolls VI - Youtubia">Nerdrage video on Elder Scrolls</a>.</p>
<p><strong>51:30 Chris is writing things and talking about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbv9rs9bVOE">Alien Isolation</a>.</strong></p>
<p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Isolation">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<p>Whaaat?</p>
<p>So you’re playing as Ripley’s daughter. Who is an adult. Not only does this muck with establish canon, but it drags in a character that was better left where she was: Having lived a perfectly mundane and unremarkable life on Earth.</p>
<p>A much better idea? Let us play as Newt. You wouldn’t have to screw with any existing lore, and the mechanics are all right there in the movie: Newt survives by hiding in tight spots and using her wits. She can crawl through the duct work and watch the Aliens tear through the colonists. We’ve got a huge installation to work with and lots of blank space on the timeline. It would be a very cat-and-mouse type stealth, where the tension comes from the times when you’re obliged to leave the safety of the vents and venture into the open to accomplish something.</p>
<p>I’m not saying it can’t be a great game, but the whole “Ripley’s daughter” thing smacks of ham-handed fanfiction.</p>
<p>Having said that: This is the first Alien game in ages that sounds promising. Survival stealth? Oh yeah. I’m on board with that.</p>
