Mike and Ting talk about Thimbleweed Park.

Contains SPOILERS for Thimbleweed Park!

The “book club” game is: 中国式家长 / Chinese Parents.

Pre-Chat

Apex Legends Season 2 Daniel with the unexpected win (Twitch) Reddit with old layout and “hot” sorting Thinking Fast and Slow

What is Thimbleweed Park?

Thimbleweed Park: A New Classic Point & Click Adventure! Maniac Mansion Boris was actually voiced by a German person (@DasGunniversum) Ransome the *Beeping* Clown Meet Delores Modernizing Dust Hoarder Achievement Top 10 Lists: The Top 10 Dead Ends In Sierra Games (Spoilers)

The Puzzles

Thimbleweed Park gets in-game hint hotline Do scientists know what is happening inside artificial neural networks? 5 Baffling 80s Trends (Explained by Rare Mental Disorders) Thimbleweed Park Wiki Guide - Part Three: The Arrest

Highlights / Observations

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully Maniac Mansion/ Monkey Island References in Thimbleweed Park Less In-Jokes, More Everything Else! The “Annoying In-jokes” option Let's Play Thimbleweed Park #26 Magic Mushrooms (YouTube) List of Backer Items Ransome *unbeeped* DLC Who is the guy with the shovel? Thimbleweed Park Podcast #67 @4:54 (explanation of Doug) Thimbleweed Park Controls

Overall Thoughts

Theory of mind The Betamax tape is a cruel red herring Blazing Saddles (1974) Blazing Saddles Ending Scene (YouTube) Red herrings - which ones did you enjoy? Cutting Undertale Thimbleweed Park Podcast #67 Thimbleweed Park's Plot Hole Problem

Post-Chat

New game Chinese Parents makes you the child of a tiger mom Jonathan Blow @GameDevHH - Hello Hong Kong developers! We’re excited to say that we’ll be meeting @Jonathan_Blow for dinner tomorrow (Friday, July 19th!)

 

Twitter Mentions