The Cafe of Madness

[davidn]

I am ever hopeful that the effects left in the wake of this game will eventually wear off, but last night I saw Fatboy Slim riding a huge inflatable octopus that had swallowed a bus, looking like he was piloting some sort of horrific land-stalking war robot from the distant future. So I think I have some time left to go before pulling myself free of the abyss yet.

Given that as a starting point - have another episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyiekqZQylo

We were really getting comfortable with the game's mood here and all of us have some fantastic improvisations in this episode, whether accidental or deliberate - it's my favourite one out of the collection yet! Selected highlights, as much as I can highlight anything in this without colouring the whole video in noxious yellow:

0:22 Let's go to Japan!
0:52 Ravenworks causes producer breakdown #1
1:07 Birdwatching
1:22 Casting decision
2:53 I am called...!
3:30 Humans in a bird cafe
3:46 Do not tempt, annoy or provoke this game
4:04 800 vitality!
5:50 Moving in
7:20 Sophisticated as hell
7:50 Sad beaks
8:30 Ryouta's exit
9:10 Sensational arrival of the Texas accent
9:40 Not that kind of restaurant
10:45 Assessment of the Texas accent
11:00 I can die happy
11:25 The inevitable and the reaction
12:50 Punkgeon confrontation
14:35 Ostracized? What?
14:55 Hunter-gatherer instincts
15:45 Self-censoring punkgeons
16:35 Speak softly and...
17:15 Into the sunset!
18:10 Glued to a lorry
19:25 Cultural note
19:55 A violin
20:45 Luca Turilli lyrics

Mutations in the cast list, in order of insanity:

ravenworks: Anghel and the Punkgeons (or Bebop from the Ninja Turtles)
its_a_trap: Our increasingly extraordinary narrator Teo, Azami
kjorteo: Rabu the Texan budgerigar
davidn: Video producer in charge of going mad, Dapper bird with awfully long Japanese name
xaq: Ryouta and additional comments!

Comments

[kjorteo]

The Kenzaborou rename has to be one of the best decision this team has yet made (and, with the exception of letting me anywhere near the Rabu voice, we've made quite a lot of outstanding ones...!) I swear, something about Kaye's bashful submissive Teo voice asking "Mister McBeaks...?" just got me every single time.