Let's Talk About Death Jr.
23#letstalkabout #deathjr #goodbye2024
In the final Let's Talk About of the 2024 season, Noah Campbell, a fan of handheld consoles, goes to the DS' competition, the PlayStation Portable, to check out the quote on quote "killer app" of the system. From a hospital ward to the inside of a bunch of wacky character's heads, will Death Jr. pull the weight that was placed on it? Or was a little too much bitten off?
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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Opening Preamble
0:02:04 - History: A Primer on the PSP or: You Won't Believe where this Story goes
0:15:37 - Story: Conversion thy Name was Prime-8
0:17:29 - Presentation: And this was a Launch Title
0:28:45 - Gameplay: Third Person Shooting on the go
0:42:56 - Good: Dealing Death with Devastating Distinction
0:50:25 - Bad: Camera Control: My Hands and Wits weep
1:04:06 - Overall and Afterword
Links:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/29285/death-jr/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/sony-announces-psp-handheld/1100-6027470/
(Gamespot’s “Sony announces PSP handheld”)
https://web.archive.org/web/20081216143303/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sonys-psp-concept-model-causes-a-stir
(Game Industry’s “Sony's PSP concept model causes a stir”)
https://web.archive.org/web/20200312211216/http://www.aurorawdc.com/ci/000311.html
(Competitive Intelligence’s “The New Sony PSP Handheld: a Clear Victory of Form Over Function”)
https://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/E3_2004
(IGN’s Breakdown of E3 2004)
https://web.archive.org/web/20080621111929/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/hardware/features/35590.shtml
(GamePro’s “Feature: PSP Hands-On and Software Lineup [E3 2004]”)
https://web.archive.org/web/20190414143000/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/96165/Backbone_Entertainment_The_Collective_To_Merge.php
(Gamasutra’s “Backbone Entertainment, The Collective To Merge”)
https://www.unseen64.net/2009/06/16/agent-9-prime-8-ps2-cancelled/#comments
(Unseen64 Prime 8)