@ Luke Maciak: I’ve never seen a Let’s Play of a RTS or turn based strategy game, so it would be fresh and innovative to me (and probably boring, but one can’t have everything).

I was more thinking along the lines of a single genre RPG, probably D&D based so that Shamus could endlessly talk about the blatant mistakes in the implementation of the rules, which is much fun for the educated viewer. Maybe Neverwinter Nights 2 : Mask of the Betrayer to keep the new flashy graphics and full voiced over dialog format, though I have enjoyed watching DOS era video LP too. Drakensang: The River of Time would also fit in the category (good game by the way).

A change of player would be nice, I seldom heard Josh when they were three, and barely if at all (except for the “Stop shooting me!”) since they switched to four. A bit more opinion difference could help the actual banter stray away from the constant puns and jokes, when I left all three commentators were in full agreement with each other which makes two commentators too many.

@ Liudvikas:

I never really messed around with interactive fiction. I might need to check these out.

@ Tino:

Ok, since I haven’t watched the linked video yet, could you explain what sort of a game Echo Bazar is?

@ Zel:

Honestly, I don’t know. They keep me entertained. I don’t mind the bad jokes, puns and memes and I enjoy the back-and-forward banter they have going on lately.

As for the game selection – I’m not really surprised. I mean if you read Shamus’ blog it is basically the stuff he is into – and the stuff that large part of his audience enjoys. You have to remember that he got popular by doing a D&D themed comic using LOTR screen captures. Most of the long time readers like RPG’s and FPS RPG’s tend to have a nice balance of story (that can be made fun of) and action (which looks nice and dynamic in the video).

What kind of games would you like to see them do? I mean, I can’t really imagine them doing a whole season out of some RTS or a turn based strategy game…

I used to watch Spoiler Warning but I gave up on it early in this fourth season. It would be nice if the team played a different sort of game for once. Mass Effect, Fallout 3, Bioshock, now Mass Effect 2, …, notice a trend ? What’s next, New Vegas ? I think they said all there is to say about the Shooter/RPG genre, as with Fallout 3 and Bioshock they covered a pretty wide spectrum, and Young already wrote what he thought of ME2’s plot in details. What was left was a mix of repeats, bad jokes and internet memes for the entire duration of the show, which I don’t find particularly entertaining. Did it get better further along the season ?

The Escapist’s extra credits got me testing Echo Bazaar. I’m still not sure if it is a good “game”, but it gives a fresh perspective on interactive storytelling, so I recommend checking it out. (Also, of course, extra credits itself is an awesome show for insights in game design.)

I’ve recently became interested in interactive fiction :) That change came after I’ve played Photopia currently playing Blue Lacuna
So if you are into that, you could write about it :)