Hijinks ensue as Corvo returns to the office of Dr. Galvanni in search of Slackjaw's missing henchman. John criticizes the game's contrived "nonlethal" mission solutions, while Nick reports the results of his recent amateur sociology field experiment and its chilling revelations about Applebees customer's inhumanity to Apllebees customer.
We enter the domain of the Lanius, an enigmatic race of metal scavengers seemingly bent on pillaging everything in their path. Despite this common bond, their first contact with the crew of the USS Alderaan goes poorly.
The senseless carnage we've been wreaking briefly seems less funny when we encounter one of the more tragic pieces of in-game lore. This poignant lesson on the preciousness and fragility of life is quickly forgotten as Corvo pillages the apartment of Bunting the art dealer.
A new series begins as we set out on a perilous interstellar journey through Subset Games' unforgiving space combat/strategy/roguelike-like game FTL: Faster Than Light! With the Federation torn by civil war, the fate of the galaxy lies in the hands of me, my loyal first mate/friend from college Dave, and the brave crew of the USS Alderaan. God help us all.
Corvo meets with Slackjaw, leader of the Bottle Street Boys gang. I demonstrate the power of the rewiring tool on a City Watch guard tower, raining fire and death upon his hapless enemies below, and then use the newly acquired Windblast power to hurl a guard over a railing. Because screw them, that's why.
Corvo returns to Dunwall on a mission to assassinate the older brothers of Lord Pendleton, key supporters of the Lord Regent's illegitimate regime. Nick and I make a horrifying discovery about brilliant inventor Piero Joplin, and the words "steam-powered sybian" are spoken aloud for what we can only pray will be the last time.
Corvo descends into the sewers beneath the Hound's Pit Pub to deal with an infestation of murderously insane plague victims, subjecting him to conditions slightly less sanitary than the Pub's men's room. Meanwhile, Lord Pendleton's manservant Wallace is hard at work being a dick to the other employees.
Corvo returns in triumph to the Hound's Pit Pub, where the shocking truth of his identity is exposed by Nick's keen eye. Meanwhile, I explain more about how your supernatural powers work in Dishonored, and why the second Ghost Rider movie is much better than the first.
His bloody task completed, Corvo makes his escape. My incompetence turns what should have been a simple climb into an epic struggle.
As humanity's time grows ever-shorter, our hero meets his greatest challenge yet! I imperil my very soul by calling upon the dark power of save states, but has the rogue AI threat already grown too powerful stop?
Corvo further explores the Abbey and raids the later High Overseer's secret basement porn stash. Nick's roommates cause a ruckus, while I get an opportunity to break out my "not a jittery, lisping version of the G-Man from Half-Life" voice.
The corrupt reign of the High Overseer is brought to an end by Corvo's recurring penchant for toxic beverages. Meanwhile, I break with past precedent by offering some actual insights on the game's worldbuilding and atmosphere.
High Overseer Campbell's time draws near as Corvo arrives at Holger Square, center of a faith that spans an Empire. He pays his respects by tossing some grenades at people before fleeing into the sewers.
The eternal struggle between pitiless post-Singularity artificial intelligence and traditional Japanese dance rages on in part 3!
Corvo infiltrates the Dunwall Whiskey Distillery to taint the local bootleg elixir supply with diseased rat entrails. The result, while lethal, is still far superior to Miller Chill.
With the prize he sought in hand, Corvo sets out on his next task: condemning hundreds of innocents to a horrible death because a crazy old lady asked him to. Nick reveals that at least one of his great-grandmothers was, in fact, a pirate.
The adventure continues! The power of kabuki is mighty, but will it be enough to overcome a nonsensical obstacle course of gears and ice, the original White Mighty Morphin' Power Ranger, the disapproving President of South Korea, and my own platforming ineptitude?
Corvo continues ransacking Dr. Galvanni's house, loosing a deadly swarm of flesh-hungry rats on the unfortunate security staff and prompting a frank discussion of unethical labor practices in the American construction industry.
A new series begins! Join me, Nick and colossal-foreheaded 8-bit hero Scott O'Conner as they unleash the awesome power of kabuki theater against a malevolent artificial intelligence in one of the strangest Nintendo games ever made!
Corvo descends into full-blown supervilliany as he invades a local physician's office in search of infected rat viscera to sabotage a local gang's bootleg elixir still. It makes sense in context. Sort of.
We enter the grim society of the ape-men, where a totalitarian regime holds the unfortunate simians in an iron grip of fear but doesn't prevent Logan and me from stealing everything that isn't nailed down.
