105: The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 1 (A New Day)

We explore our past while surviving the present in Telltale's The Walking Dead Season 1, Episode 1.
Developer: Telltale Games | Publisher: Telltale Games | Initial Release: April 24, 2012



Jacob, Moe and special guest Cam Hawkins kill zombies in rated-M+ fashion, make a series of poor decisions and start to build their own community in a zombie apocalypse.



Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)
Special Guest: Cam Hawkins (@TheCinephileGuy) | Twitch | Dualshockers





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SHOW NOTES:

2:30 Our fast pitch about Telltale's The Walking Dead (Season 1)
3:20 What is your personal history with Telltale Games and The Walking Dead? We have played both the Batman Telltale Game and The Wolf of Among Us on this show.
7:30 How did we play this one (performance issues and the Nintendo Switch versions)?
9:30 A quick note about the Telltale Tool and Telltale's impact on adventure games
11:10 How would we describe the art style of this game?
12:35 How will we play our Lee?
15:20 You start the game in the back of a cop car being taken to prison
19:00 Lee meets Clementine
21:45 Representation in The Walking Dead
24:55 Choosing to make our move at night or during the day
26:10 Explaining the decision system from Telltale games
28:35 Duck or Shawn?
36:10 Making our way to town to meet our new motley crew
40:55 Giving the lay of the land (Everett Pharmacy and the Motel)
42:20 The first really rough scene and how we tie it back to our family
44:20 Side with Larry or Kenny?
51:30 Giving her the gun or refusing to give her the gun
56:30 Jacob walks us through the final sequence of the game (Doug vs. Carley)
1:06:10 Our final thoughts on Episode 1

UPCOMING SHOWS:

November 18th: Pokemon Snap ft. Jacob, Moe and special guests Joseph Hooper and Arsene Lakpa
December 2nd: Telltale's The Walking Dead (S01E02) ft. Jacob, Moe and special guest Cam Hawkins
December 16th: TBD feat. TBA (our final show of 2020)






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