Retronauts Pocket Episode 14: Baldur's Gate
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🗓️ 28 January 2014
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In 1998, Bioware changed the face of RPGs with Baldur's Gate, which did an amazing job of translating the complex mechanics of Dungeons and Dragons into video game form--and not just the dungeon crawly stuff. Join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt and Jason Wilson as they discuss one of BioWare's best and gather their party before venturing forth.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes you just need to get away, and for the Aglewall family it was well over |
| 0:04.9 | June. They wanted to know exactly what they were getting, like knowing their kids |
| 0:09.1 | stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free! Yes! And no need to look heavy |
| 0:13.8 | bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels. Enjoy the same feeling whatever the |
| 0:19.4 | trip. Premier in, rest easy. Only available to book at premierin.com. |
| 0:24.9 | Season C's apply, of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult. |
| 0:29.6 | This week on Retro Nuts! |
| 0:31.6 | But kicking for goodness! |
| 0:55.6 | Hey everybody, I'm Bob Mackie, your host at Retro Nuts Pocket episode 17 and |
| 1:00.3 | today's topic is Baldur's Gates. And you all know who I am. Let's introduce our |
| 1:05.7 | cast for today. Who just said yay! I'm Jason Wilson. Jason is our special guest, |
| 1:10.4 | and he's gonna be doing most of the heavy lifting because we are all really, I |
| 1:14.4 | don't know if we're the best people for Western RPGs, but we can try. Ray? |
| 1:18.9 | Yes, I'm Ray. I like shaking his head incredulously. I like elder schools. |
| 1:23.1 | Okay. There's something in some fallout. I will fall out. Yeah. And who else do we have here? |
| 1:28.6 | And this is Jeremy Parish, and I also like elder scrolls. I was really confused |
| 1:33.7 | though because I thought you said Baldur Dash. Baldur Dash and I was in here for a |
| 1:39.0 | totally different game. Uh oh. So, do you guys know what today is? Is this a |
| 1:45.0 | Metal Gear Solid 2 podcast? Yeah, I was gonna say, is it George Washington's birthday? |
| 1:47.8 | No, but it is. What's some considered to be the 40th anniversary of |
| 1:51.6 | Dodgers and Dragons? Wow. It's done silence. Yeah, it's done silence. I remember when it was just a |
| 1:58.2 | wee whipper snapper that the police were warning against because of Satanism. |
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