121: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)

121: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)

Author: Left Behind Game Club June 16, 2021 Duration: 1:29:11
We explore a branching storyline in Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.
Developer: Chunsoft | Publisher: Spike/Aksys Games | Initial Release: December 10, 2009



Jacob, Moe and special guest CtrlAltNoob escape rooms, solve puzzles and travel through space and time to survive and thrive.



Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)
Special Guest: CtrlAltNoob (@CtrlAltNoob) | YouTube | Twitch





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SHOW NOTES:

1:10 All About CtrlAltNoob
2:40 Our Fast Pitch about Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (999)
3:50 What's Your Personal History with 999 and the Nonary Games?
8:10 Describing the Gameplay of 999
18:05 Hearing Moe's predictions about 999
24:00 Explaining the structure of the branching narrative
25:55 Jacob dumps some story
34:40 The sci-fi twist to this story (the morphogenetic field)
41:20 A tease about the second game - please stick around
48:00 Let's get back to what's happening inside the ship (submarine, knife and ax)
54:15 Who is "in" on the scheme?
58:50 The big thing
1:07:40 Question from @linkhs: "Which twist/ending got you the most?"
1:13:35 The enneagram test with Jacob, Moe and CtrlAltNoob
1:18:30 Final thoughts
1:23:35 Wrap-up

UPCOMING SHOWS:

* June 30, 2021 Last Day of June (ft. Jacob, Mike and special guest Blake Andrea)
* July 7, 2021 Hitman 2 [Whittleton Creek] (ft. Jacob, Mike and Moe)






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