Double Fine aloitti Devs Play -videosarjan: katsauksessa The Lion King

Double Fine on aloittanut yhteistyössä studion Kickstarter-dokumenttia kuvanneen 2 Player Productionsin kanssa videosarjan, jolla pelinkehittäjät pelaavat ja kommentoivat pelejä. Ideana on yhdistää Let's Play -videoiden viihdearvo vanhojen naavapartojen kokemukseen ja tietoon työstä pelien kulissien takana.

Ensimmäisessä jaksossa pelataan erästä Disney-pelien klassikkoa The Lion King, joka nähtiin PC:llä, Super Nintendolla ja Mega Drivellä vuonna 1994. Mukana pelaamassa on Louis Castle, toinen peliä kehittäneen Westwoodin perustajista.

Vaikka ensimmäisen jakson nimikkopeli ei välttämättä tempaa heti kaikkia mukaansa, kuulostavat tulevat jaksot erittäin mielenkiintoisilta. Luvassa on nimittäin seuraavaa:

Earthbound (The Mother Trilogy) - Featuring Ben Burbank

Programmer on Costume Quest 2 and Mother superfan Ben Burbank shows off selected scenes from the entire trilogy and explains the complicated history of this beloved cult series. Featuring a mix of Japanese and English releases, fan translations, and imported hardware, Ben takes us on a journey through the bizarre cultural mashups and heartfelt story that define Mother.

Gauntlet DS - Featuring Anthony Vaughn and Geoff Soulis with guest Mike Mika

Massive Chalice producer Anthony Vaughn and artist Geoff Soulis take a trip to the legendary game dungeon of Backbone Entertainment head Mike Mika to play the unreleased Gauntlet DS. The plug was pulled on Gauntlet DS shortly before its release after unfortunate events caused the title to be bumped from one publisher to another. In true Gauntlet fashion, Mike, Anthony, and Geoff tackle the campaign in multiplayer wireless before jumping in to some local deathmatch action.

The Legend of Zelda - Featuring Brandon Dillon and Matt Hansen

Hack N Slash creator Brandon Dillon and producer Matt Hansen get to the roots of Brandon’s inspiration by cracking open the NES classic The Legend of Zelda, literally. After taking apart the cartridge, de-soldering and dumping the rom, and booting the game up in an emulator, Brandon sets about altering the running memory of the game to cheat his way through and unlock some unexpected secrets about how the game was developed.

Doom - Featuring JP LeBreton with guest John Romero

Doom history enthusiast and Spacebase creator JP LeBreton joins id Software co-founder John Romero as the two play though the first episode of Doom, “Knee Deep in the Dead,” in its entirety. John Romero’s run through each level turns up fresh and encyclopedic insight into how this genre-defining title was designed and set the stage for first-person action games for years to come.

Psychonauts - Featuring Tim Schafer, members of the original development team, and special guest Stephen Kiazyk

This very special episode features many of the original members of the Psychonauts development team watching in frustration and amazement as speed runner Stephen Kiazyk blows through the entire game faster than they thought possible. The creator of many popular techniques used for running Psychonauts, Stephen takes the team through many of his tricks step by step, explaining what he’s doing while receiving insight from the team as to how the glitches are possible in the first place. Perhaps most upsetting to Tim, much of the dialogue is skipped.

Jaksojen on määrä ilmestyä viikoittain aina tammikuun loppuun asti studion Youtube-kanavalla.