Skullmonkeys


Well, welcome to my debut LP. Ever since someone brought my attention to the exsistance of LP threads, I have been quite interested. Well, I would like to do one of my own. So my first one will be one suggested by a good friend of mine:







Skullmonkeys is kind of one of those not-widly-known-of games. It's a platformer by every means of the term and has humor quite similar to Earthworm Jim. So if you are a fan of EWJ, you should enjoy this as well. The game came out back in 1997, a good year for video games... so that's always a good sign.



One of the more interesting facts is that the entire game was created in stop motion clay animation. All animations frames were sculpted by hand and rendered for in-game graphics and animated scenes. Granted, other games have done this such as Clay Fighters, but the charm of this game seems to just linger.



What can you expect? Well, nothing. Just about everything in this game leaves you saying that you didn't see that comming. Of course, unless you've played the game before. So join me as I play through this crazy ass game.




Bonus Content:

Skullmonkeys OST - Dig that groove, baby.
Neverhood Plot Analysis - All the things you didn't want to know.

The game was a surprise gift several... birthdays or christmases ago, I'm not sure. The game is pretty tight, but can get pretty difficult. The entire game is so strange that it can't help from being awesome.

Final levels were incredibly hard.

That is the guy who beat all 6 Devil May Cries on all 15 difficulties.

Good luck with the LP man, looking forward to it. ^^

[spoiler]By the way, did you see the EWJ2 LP? It's in the archive and it's pretty good.[/spoiler]

So... uum... what the hell is an LP?

@ Jamos:



Actually, I did... I made a reference to it in Kajak's C+++ round 3 contest. ^_^

Frist video will be up tomorrow around noon, btw.

First video is up, btw.

Great video Lantis!

The commentary can get a little more loosened up, but that's something that'll come.
I think it's a great video nonetheless ^^ Congrats!

And, seriously, what's not to like about a stop-motion insta-power-ranger bird? =3

Thanks for the feedback. I guess two watching it as good as it's going to get for a while. But if I do these videos weekly, it'll last till christmas.

Anyway, if you have any qestions about the game or anything you would like to add, I'd make sure to mention it in whichever video would be next.

Dude, you already know I"m watching

Okay... well you THREE can go ahead and check out the second video.

Nice...you missed the bonus. Failure.

Good vid though!.

"...But I'm too lazy to go get it."

That cracked me up! Great Job!

Death reel compilation is good, watching you die seventeen times in the same place is bad.

So, if you're dying a lot, maybe you can consider doing post-record commentary? I mean, editing the video if it needs to and then kinda planning the commentary.
I'm not saying you should, but it's a way of doing it that when it's done right usually makes for a great LP. ^^

Also, that was the first time I heard my screen name. I've always wanted to know if that G was pronounced or not =P I've always thought of myself as The g-nasher. ^^

I always assumed it was off of gnash, as in, to gnash ones teeth. Which is pronounced without the g. So I've always assumed nasher.


Meh.

Yeah yeah, it comes from there (or, the place it comes from comes from there) – but I'd just never heard it and had to improvise the pronunciation... so I sneaked the g in there. =3

Thanks for the advice. Being new to LPs, I'll take all the help I can get. ^_^

New video up. Third world: Hard Boiler

I love how this game manages to be essentially a horror game with monkeys and clay.