197: No More Heroes

About this episode

The episode discusses the game No More Heroes, featuring gameplay insights and a guest appearance by Seth Sturgill.

We got on our motorcycle and rode around the city in No More Heroes! Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture | Publisher: Ubisoft/XSEED | Initial Release: January 22, 2008 Jacob, Travis and special guest Seth Strugill from All N Media and Carpool Gaming sit in our gross apartment, suplex fools and shake our beam katana to recharge. PLAYERS: * Jacob McCourt ( Bluesky ) * Travis Colenutt ( Bluesky ) SPECIAL GUEST: * Seth Sturgill ( Bluesky ) from Carpool Gaming and All N Media Web: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Bluesky: leftbehindgameclub.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:45 - Intro to Seth Sturgill 4:00 - Fast Pitch 7:30 - Gameplay Overview 15:30 - 2000s Era Open Worlds 18:10 - Suda51 and David Lynch 22:15 - Other NHM Games 25:00 - Combat 29:45 - Motion Controls 30:30 - Sound Design 32:50 - Appreciating NMH 36:40 - Destroyman 40:30 - The Spoiler Wall 41:10 - Holly Summers 47:00 - Bad Girl 49:30 - Suda51's Other Games 55:00 - Jeane 1:01:50 - Henry 1:03:15 - Side Jobs 1:05:00 - Reviews 1:11:50 Outro & PAX East 2025 RESOURCES: * Review: No More Heroes & No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle via Destructoid * No More Heroes Review via Nintendo Life DISCORD…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jacob McCourt, Travis Colenutt

Guest: Seth Sturgill

Topics covered

• No More Heroes
• gameplay overview
• 2000s era open worlds
• Suda51
• combat mechanics
• sound design
• game reviews

Keywords

• No More Heroes
• Suda51
• gameplay
• open world
• combat
• sound design
• game reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Grasshopper Manufacture, Ubisoft, XSEED

Books & works: No More Heroes, No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

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