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He's the man who found the unkillable Goomba, and collected the uncollectable coin in Super Mario 64. Splashed across the front page of Yahoo, Kotaky and more, he's the irrepressible PannenKoek2012, the single greates font of wisdom for all things Super Mario 64. It's a fascinating discussion. (Also pinch hitting for DutchMogul is DigiPen's favorite son, Doug Zwick.) Before that the gang discusses Gamescom! Go for Rainbow discussing news and new/upcoming?? Can it be? Yes. Rate us on iTunes! We Love you GoForRainbow@gmail.com

This week we talk, alphas, betas, early access, Kickstarters and how a games initial players can influence the development of the game. Plus tales of a trip to Nintendo HQ, the shutting down of an MMO and more. After that we talk with Dissident Dan's upcoming game: Paperbound. Jagger's latest article can be found here: DARPA Uses Preteen Gamers to Beta Test Tomorrow's Military Software Arian will be speaking at a PAX Prime Pane: 3D Printing and the Future of Tabletop Gaming PAX Prime - Friday August 29th @ 6:00 pm in the "Wombat" Theater Laurie Banks writes at LittleSisterGaming.com Josh's What You Missed... videos can be found on the Nerdist. Email: GoForRainbo@gmail.com

Kotaku contributor David Heineman joins us to discuss his recent article HOW TO BEAT 400 GAMES in 4.5 YEARS, and how he manages his massive backlog for fun but also as part of his academic life studying and writing about games--he is a professor at Bloomsburg University. Before that, Arian, Jagger and previous guest now cohost Joshua Quail creator of the Nerdist's "What You Missed..." series, discuss their own tribulations involving backlogs. Laurie was unable to make the main segments of the show this week due to scheduling issues, however she recorded some backlog talk with her girlfriend which pops up, easter egg style, after the end music! Email: GoForRainbow@gmail.com Support the Show: Patreon.com/GoForRainbow

Joshua Quail, producer of the Nerdists, What You Missed... series joins us to discuss video game Sequels, Remakes and Spinoffs! It's a fun one. GoForRainbow@gmail.com We Love You! Rate us on iTunes, why dontcha?

Update: If anybody had a problem with an echo on the current episode of Go For Rainbow, delete it from your device and redownload it, it's been fixed! The Gay Gamer joins us to talk about Difficulty in games! Before that we discuss the DESTINY beta, the DOTA 2 International and more! Join us...wont you? Please rate us on iTunes! We love you. Email: GoForRainbow@gmail.com

Gamify life itself? We discuss the ramifications. Then, after a breif interlude involving voice commands in Wolfenstein: The New Order, and the UbiArt engine used by Child of Light, we we speak with Len Kendall about his upcoming game Cartegram, that send you out into the real world. GoForRainbow@gmail.com Please Rate us on iTunes! Support us on patreon.com/GoForRainbow GoForRainbow@gmail.com Please Rate us on iTunes! Suppot us on patreon.com/GoForRainbow Links: Cartegram https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/LenKendall/cartegram-find-your-adventure GeoCache https://www.geocaching.com/ St. Joseph's Commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFdRHa4REE

Michael Stearns, creator of Tiny Barbarian DX is on the show! We talk about Tiny Barbarian's Conan origins, Astroman, Tiny Barbarian's new Episode 2, but we don't talk about why the ape wants to kidnap the blonde girl. Don't even think about it. Before that we discuss POLITICS IN GAMES, including Call of Duty:Ghosts' story of stopping hispanics crossing the border. Also discussed: WOLFENSTEIN: THE NEW ORDER, THE WOLF AMONG US, and SYSTEM SHOCK 2. GoForRainbow@gmail.com We Love you. Please rate us on iTunes. (And subscribe!)

Comic book scribe, radio personality and Pulitzer Prize sharing journalist Mark Rahner joins us! You may know his as the wordsmith behind DEJAH of MARS, VAMPIRELLA, ARMY OF DARKNESS/REANIMATOR, THE TWILIGHT ZONE ANNUAL, CTHULU TALES and GREEN HORNET! Before that we discuss the games that baffle our hearts. Our videogameland segment is in the shop this week getting retooled. contact: GoForRainbow@gmail.com We Love You

Andrew Kerekes and Luke Burtis talk about their new game FEARLESS FANTASY, before that the gang has a video game poetry slam consisting of both found and original works. Then it's off to Videogameland to talk about Mario Kart 8, beating Spelunky for the first time, Paper Dungeons, Botanicula and more. There is also some pondering over a Johnny Depp anecdote told to Jagger by someone who worked with Depp recently. Contact: GoForRainbow@gmail.com We Love you. Please rate us on iTunes. Support the show on Patreon.com/GoForRainbow

Mario Kart 8's Ludwig Von Koopa voice David J. Goldfarb & Medal of Honor/Call of Duty animator and Xplore: Pangaea director Sunil Thankamushy, who chats about working with Stephen Spielberg. Plus we try to do an E3 segment like a regular games podcast but end up talking about having magic powers that could turn your opponent into a hot girl or a baby. Also some chat about Mario Kart 8 with the wife, PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate, forcing yourself to kill whales in Assassin's Creed IV, cinematic composition in games, frustration when trying to get all the trophies in Double Fine's The Cave and more.

Roope Tamminen (aka Hypnohustler) the first guest we ever had when we switched to our guest format--IS BACK, BABY. His new endeavor, LAKEVIEW CABIN COLLECTION is on Steam Greenlight! We chat with him about humping flaccid penises, Friday the 13th, part II, The Nightmare on Elmstreet TV series and also about his new game(s). Before that, Dutch Mogul, Laurie and Jagger do an experiment wherein they play games they have not touched since childhood: Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, The Ninja, Commander Keen, Duke Nukem 3D and Bubble Bobble. Let's Bobble, yo. Interluded gracefully with a Videogameland touching on Snoop Dogg's VO work in Call of Duty: Ghosts and it's new game mode with some LAST DOOR and CHILD OF LIGHT.

Comedian and full-body puppet maker Emmett Montgomery joins us to discuss. comedy, storytelling and discovering gaming gems. Before that Arian and Jagger discuss an experiment they did for Vice + Motherboard in which they smoked marijuana and played games. Also Burial At Sea Episode 2 as survival horror.

The Game Kitchen's Raul Diez talks about their new Lovecraftian point and click game THE LAST DOOR. Before that Arian and Jagger do one-on-one talks with non-gamers, trying to delve into their mind and cull their secrets. Also, some comments culled from Jagger's blog on Destructoid, about dealing with non-gamers in your life. Includes a comment from The Dismal Jester's/Podtoid's Jonathan Holmes! Hot Diggity! Also, check out Jagger's new article on motherload.vice.com This is Your Brain While Videogaming Stoned http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-is-your-brain-while-videogaming-stoned Email: GoForRainbow@gmail.com Please rate us on iTunes! It really helps! We love you.

HELLO! We usually release each Friday, however, today we recorded this episode only to release it a few hours later like an wounded dove. We welcome Logan Fieth, devoloper of Four Sided Fantasy (on Kickstarter till Tuesday!) We steal rottentomatoes.com's Five Favorite Films and apply it to games. Before that we chat about Logan's game before dipping into a masturbatory coma with Videogameland. We also read some Destructoid Community Blog Comments. We Love You. www.GoForRainbow.Com Some of the games discussed: Four Sided Fantasy, Mass Effect 3, Eternal Darkness, Link to the Past, Metro: Last Light, Pool of Radience, Half Life 2, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Spelunky, Brothers: A Tale of Two Brothers, Spelunky PS4 (and dog-clicking), SLEEPY TIME, Jazzpunk, World Ends with You, Secret of Mana, Super Mario Bros. (series.) AND MANY MO'!

So honored to speak with Leigh Alexander this week. We discuss writing in the age of internet comments, her gaming habits and her book BREATHING MACHINE. Before that the gang discusses portable gaming and take a dip into Videogameland where Dutch Mogul explores the STARBOUND beta, things get OCD with ASSASSINS CREED and THE SIMS quickly devolves into a perv simulator. We also touch on TITANFALL. We Love You. email: GoForRainbow@gmail.com Support the show: patreon.com/GoForRainbow

While waiting to record a segment with another guest who was late, we contacted THE STANELY PARABLE developer William Pugh and asked him for an on-the-spot interview which he kindly obliged us with! So we called him up in merry old England then and there! Leading up to that Dutch Mogul and Jagger chat about Infamous:Second Son and its use of real places in their local Seattle! A non-standard episode, but very fun.

So delighted to have (Dr.) Ian Bogost on this episode. We speak of many things, including gaming culture as it relates to geographical space, and when and when not to whip out the PhD cred. Before that the GFR crew discuss an article in USA Today analyzing the difficulties of adapting games into film and also touch on attempts to go the other way. We Love You! Contact us: GoForRainbow@gmail.com support our show: Patreon.com/GoForRainbow

This week is a more loosey-goosey episode as we cave in and do what we have avoided for awhile as a game podcast cliche: "Whatchya been playin?" This leads into talk of sense of place in the ASSASSIN'S CREED series, and our experiences in the Seattle of inFAMOUS: SECOND SON, which leads into Corey talking about his newly open life as a cross-dresser Then we speak with Jake Lewandowski of Team2Bit about his upcoming Ouya Exclusive: Reagan Gorbachev. We also discuss the state of the Ouya! Please rate us on iTunes! Support the show at Patreon.com/GoForRainbow Contact: GoForRainbow@gmail.com We Love You.

We speak with The Bigot Gamer, who records and exposes all kinds of bigotry (homophobia, racism, religious intolerance, etc.) on his his site www.TheBigotGamer.com. Before that we speak about racism in games with Microsoft systems developer Randy Castleberry. We Love You. Email: GoForRainbow@gmail.com support the show on patreon.com/GoForRainbow

Tomas Rawlings of Red Wasp Design visits Go For Rainbow to discuss the astonishing, award-winning newly-greenlit game CALL OF CTHULHU: THE WASTED LAND. Before that filmmaker Brian Nunes joins the crew to discuss VR, Oculus Rift, Sony Morpheus, Holodeck and the FUTURE OF VIDEO GAMES. Write us: GoForRainbow@gmail.com GoForRainbow.com We Love You.